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eopen reorder repurchase subcommittee subcontinent 2 Words beginning with re- subcontract subhuman submachinegun underdog underdone underpaid upended tetravalent Some words that begin with re are hyphenated to avoid confusion: re-cast re-present (meaning present again) re-create (meaning create again) re-sort (meaning sort again) 3 Unfamiliar combinations Long words making unfamiliar combinations, especially if they would involve running several consonants together, may benefi t from a hyphen, so: cross-reference (a cross reference would be unpleasant) demi-paradise over-governed under-secretary Antidisestablishmentarianism would, however, lose its point if it were hyphenated. See also 5 below (about words beginning anti, counter, half, inter, non and semi). 4 Fractions Whether nouns or adjectives, these take hyphens: one-half one-sixth four-fi fths two-thirds But note that it is a half, a fi fth, a sixth. 5 Words that begin with agri infra post anti inter pre counter mid semi extra multi ultra half non hyphens 71
part 1: the essence of style 72 Rules vary here: agri-business, agriculture anti-aircraft, anti-fascist, anti-submarine (but antibiotic, anticlimax, antidote, antiseptic, antitrust) counter-attack,counter-clockwise, counter-espionage, counterintuitive (but counteract, countermand, counterpane) extra-judicial, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial (but extraordinary) half-baked, half-hearted, half-serious (but halfway) infra-red inter-agency, inter-county, inter-governmental (but intermediate, international, interpose) mid-August, mid-week multilingual, multiracial non-combatant, non-existent, non-payment, non-violent (but nonaligned, nonconformist, nonplussed, nonstop) postdate, post-war, pre-war semi-automatic, semi-conscious, semi-detached ultra-violet 6 Words beginning Euro or euro These should be hyphenated, except: Europhile Eurosceptic euro zone Europhobe euro area 7 The word worth A sum followed by the word worth needs a hyphen. $25m-worth of goods 8 Some titles attorney-general lieutenant-colonel under-secretary director-general major-general vice-president fi eld-marshal secretary-general but deputy director district attorney deputy secretary general secretary
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Contents Preface vi Introduction 1
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Introduction On only two scores can
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introduction negative, then it cann
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part 1 the essence of style
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ampersands should be used: 1 when t
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And Trips (trade-related aspects of
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If you use one accent (except the t
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company not corporation court not c
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Americanisms rhetoric (of which the
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among and between > anon the Christ
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as to There is usually a more appro
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for Business (2005): “Sector Skil
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short words Use them. They are ofte
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and the need for a strong defence,
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forswear, forsworn fuelled -ful, no
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-able debatable indescribable salab
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quangos sopranos virtuosos radios s
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t table Avoid table as a transitive
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total is all right as a noun, but a
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part 2 American and British English
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punctuation commas in lists The use
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spelling the unfamiliar form may st
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of past tense and past participle,
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British American crayfish crawfish
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part 3 useful reference
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abbreviations chaps Clearing House
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abbreviations nav net asset value n
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for stock to be turned over once =
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a Figures in brackets denote the nu
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Italy (Italian Republic) Regions Ab
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Krais Altai Krasnoyarsk Khabarovsk
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Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmo
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Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strab
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currencies Country Currency Symbol
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currencies Country Currency Symbol
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e Earthquakes An earthquake is meas
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Name Symbol Radium Ra Radon Rn Rhen
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at the end of the publication in a
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g Geological eras Astronomers and g
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internet iab internet architecture
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l Latin Here are some common Latin
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in loco in the place of; eg, in loc
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Gresham’s law When money of a hig
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m Measures UK imperial units A chan
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Area 1,000km = 1 megametre nautical
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Spanish: short (corta) = 2,000 libr
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Crude oil 1 barrel = 42 US gallons
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Multiply number of Length by to obt
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Multiply number of Weight (mass) by
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1990 Chemistry Elias James Corey Ec
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Physics Zhores I. Alferov, Jack S.
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Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia
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Observer status Aruba Netherlands A
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EFTA European Free Trade Associatio
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G7, G8, G10, G22, G26 In 1975, six
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organisations OPEC Organization of
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organisations Specialised agencies
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populations of the world Country Po
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presidents of the US and prime mini
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proofreading illustrations, the pro
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INSTRUCTION TEXTUAL MARK MARGINAL M
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INSTRUCTION TEXTUAL MARK MARGINAL M
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s Stockmarket indices The following
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Russia rts Slovakia Sax Spain ibex
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Eastern +9 Central +8 Western +7 Ir
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apostrophes 114-15 with small capit
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England, administrative divisions 1
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lower case for measurements 8 for t
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sources for references 186-8 spacec
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