Table of contents:
- What is what, but this …
- Like it or not, but …
- Fool fool
- Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes, yes
- Bonus. "No-no, yes and …"
2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
In some constructions with repeating words, any signs will be superfluous, in others, options are possible.
We are used to putting a hyphen between repeating words: far, far, white, white, yes, yes. However, in some cases, no sign is needed between similar elements, even if it is explicitly requested.
What is what, but this …
In constructions of repeating pronominal words "all", "all", "who", "what", "where", "where" and others, a hyphen is put.
- Everybody, everybody came!
- Already with someone, and she is happy with him.
- Something, but this will not happen!
- Where, where, and in this house it is always fun.
However, we cannot use this sign if such words contain prepositions: with a hyphen, spaces are not put, but in combinations, for example, "about everything" or "about whom" there are spaces.
The Rosenthal Handbook in such cases recommends using a comma:
- About whom, about whom, but about him she did not think.
- We will tell you about everything, about everything.
However, Lopatin's academic reference book, which is more modern, says that in such situations no sign is required:
- This table is set for everyone, for everyone.
- The amulet will protect from everything from everything.
- About whom about whom, but about him she did not think.
- What is what, and in this she has no equal.
Of course, Rosenthal's authority is beyond doubt. However, the rules change over time, and that's okay. Today, it is preferable to focus on the latest recommendations of the Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which are enshrined in the academic reference book.
Like it or not, but …
Constructs built according to the "word + not + the same word" scheme do not need hyphens, dashes, or commas. We cannot put a hyphen because of spaces, and a dash or comma break the close semantic unity of such expressions:
- Whether you like it or not, you have to.
- Work is not work, but you also need to rest.
- It's not scary, but I want to look in.
The same rule applies if the second word is not the same, but derived from it:
- He can't wait to meet.
- Everyone does not look at her.
But there is an exception to the rule. When we talk about a game, we write with two hyphens: believe ‑ don ‑ believe. In this case, the expression seems to lose its verbal functions and is conditionally equated to a noun. For example, it is used with the pretext - to play in believe-don-believe. If we are not talking about a game, then the spelling obeys the general rule: you believe you don’t believe, but that’s how it was.
Fool fool
In the Russian language, expressive combinations are widespread, which are not quite repetitions. The second part of them is complicated by a prefix or a suffix, or is simply very similar to the first in sound. Such expressions are written with a hyphen: a beauty-beauty, a terem-teremok, rad-radioshenek, a long time ago, shura-mura, not hukhry-muhry.
At first glance, it seems that "a fool is a fool" is the same expressive repetition of elements varying in sound composition. However, if a combination consists of a noun in the nominative case and the same noun in the instrumental and has an amplifying meaning, then it is written without punctuation marks: a fool is a fool, a pig is a pig, honor is an honor, a rank.
Also, you do not need to hyphenate in combinations of the nominative and instrumental cases of the same word, which are included in the concessive constructions with the unions "a" or "but":
- Friendship is friendship, but service is service.
- Work is work, but that would have rested someone.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes, yes
With this repetition, different signs are possible, it all depends on the meaning.
- In the meaning of "of course, absolutely right," we write separated by commas. This is how we reinforce the statement: “I love you! Yes Yes!"
- If there is a tinge of haste or impatience, then put a hyphen: "Yes, yes, of course."
- We use a dash when we mean “if yes, then yes”: “Say right away: yes - yes, no - no”.
Bonus. "No-no, yes and …"
In this expression, we put a hyphen between the repeated “no”, but no signs are needed before the “yes”, although we really want to put a comma.
- In this forest, no-no, and you will meet a strange mushroom picker.
- On his scowling face, no-no, and a shadow of a smile will slip.
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