Hi everyone,

When I was looking at the British Medical Journal site
(http://www.bmj.com/bmj/) the other day I tried searching their archives
and found that they spell breastfeeding as two words. I dropped them a
note letting them know that the preferred spelling is one word. This is
their reply:
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Subject:
        BMJ (breast feeding)
  Date:
        03 Feb 97 11:34:18 EST
  From:
        BMJ Editorial <[log in to unmask]>
    To:
        Dr Lisa Amir <[log in to unmask]>


Dear Dr Amir

When we use "breastfeeding" as a noun we use one word, and as an
adjective then two words.
I am sorry if this messes up your searches.

Yours sincerely

Tony Delamothe MD MRCP
Deputy Editor
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Does this make sense? Any grammar experts out there???

Lisa Amir
GP / IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia