Hyphenation Rules As Per Chicago Manual (Nikhil Roshan)
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Hyphenation for Books Hyphenation for Books Hyphens have several uses. a. Creating compound words, particularly modifiers before nouns (the well-known actor, my six-year-old daughter, the out- of-date curriculum. b. Writing numbers twenty-one to ninety-nine and fractions (five-eighths, one-fourth). c. Creating compounds on-the-fly for fly-by- night organizations. d. Adding certain prefixes to words: When a prefix comes before a capitalized word or the prefix is capitalized, use a hyphen (non-English, A-frame, I-formation). The prefixes self-, all-, and ex- nearly always require a hyphen (ex-husband, all- inclusive, self-control), and when the prefix ends with the same letter that begins the word, you will often use a hyphen (anti-intellectual, de-emphasize), but not always (unnatural, coordinate,
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Hyphenation for BooksHyphenation for Books
Hyphens have several uses.
a. Creating compound words, particularly modifiers before nouns (the well-known actor, my six-year-old daughter, the out-of-date curriculum.
b. Writing numbers twenty-one to ninety-nine and fractions (five-eighths, one-fourth).
c. Creating compounds on-the-fly for fly-by-night organizations.d. Adding certain prefixes to words: When a prefix comes before a
capitalized word or the prefix is capitalized, use a hyphen (non-English, A-frame, I-formation). The prefixes self-, all-, and ex- nearly always require a hyphen (ex-husband, all-inclusive, self-control), and when the prefix ends with the same letter that begins the word, you will often use a hyphen (anti-intellectual, de-emphasize), but not always (unnatural, coordinate, cooperate). By all means, use a good dictionary when in doubt.
There is no space between a hyphen and the character on either side of
it.
Suspended Compounds
With a series of nearly identical compounds, we sometimes delay the
final term of the final term until the last instance, allowing the hyphen to act
as a kind of place holder, as in
The third- and fourth-grade teachers met with the parents. Both full- and part-time employees will get raises this year. We don't see many 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children around here.
Be careful not to overuse this feature of the hyphen; readers have to wait
until that final instance to know what you're talking about, and that can be
annoying.
NIKHIL KR. ‘ROSHAN’
