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    mid air vs. mid-air vs. midair

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    mid air vs. mid-air vs. midair

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    Two small aircraft have collided in mid air.

    Two small aircraft have collided in mid-air.

    Two small aircraft have collided in midair.

    All correct? Which one is best?
    AuthorGerd10121 May 07, 10:37
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    midair is correct.
    the use of "-" mostly is unneccessary
    (a frequently and popular german mistake)
    #1Author daniel jackson (329106) 21 May 07, 10:49
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    Most dictionaries list it as "midair". A few others list it as "mid-air", and none I could find list "mid air".
    #2Authorairborne21 May 07, 10:49
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    J.K. rowling changed her "midair" into "mid-air" throughout the new Harry Potter book. She seems to be allowed to do that
    #3Authorhans Aeder16 Aug 07, 09:07
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    The Bugtracker Bugzilla uses the error message "Mid-air collision detected!".
    I'm pretty sure that is not a mistake only made by germans. ;-)
    #4AuthorHonk18 Jun 09, 11:48
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    I wouldn't blame that on Germans, either! I don't think most native English speakers would know whether midair or mid-air was correct.
    #5Authormatt18 Jun 09, 11:59
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    Although I agree with daniel jackson that German-speakers often have a tendency to use hyphens where none is required in English, I disagree with him on this occasion. BE would use mid-air. AE has more of a tendency to write certain phrases in one word where BE would not, so I would not be surprised to see midair in AE, but believe mid-air would be the normal BE.
    #6Author Spike BE (535528) 18 Jun 09, 12:16
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    Also, bei den BBC News fand ich folgenden Artikel "Afghan mid-air crash kills four " (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8325362.stm).
    #7AuthorLazybone26 Oct 09, 09:26
     
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