has not be hyphenating re.....sm
Posted By: don't know but Webster's dictionary since 19 on 2006-01-12
In Reply to: ESL help..with verbatim account.. - remeet with the patient. ...
Subject: has not be hyphenating re.....sm
unless it changes the meaning....
recreate is fine
but re-creation when you are creating something over
because recreation is a pastime....let's go have some fun!!
Merriam-Webster's dictationary has been putting *re* together for 26 years that I know of and also with most *non* words too....I actually still have a 1980 dictionary of theirs. 
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Subject: I'm used to hyphenating it, too, but last year (I think) = sm
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