Response to third opinion request Hi I m here to give your third opinion I think it s important to keep in mind that this article is titled Common English usage misconceptions It s not Common English mistakes according to professional typography standards It is clear to me at least that the hypen is often misused There s no dash key on my keyboard I know how to make a dash however But I do web dev and work for a printing company And I just started a sentence with but and this one with and I know all these things are wrong but they are convenient and I m writing this somewhat humorous third opinion for a few guys on an article talk page So in my mind the question is whether this is a misconception or just ignorance I believe that to properly call something a misconception it must be believed to be a rule when in fact such a rule is not correct I ve never heard anyone say just use hyphens for everything It has only become the default because we have no dash keys So I would lean toward excluding this entry unless you want to change the scope of the list to include all common mistakes not just misconceptions Hope this helps