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Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR

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ambassador at large<br />

b. Titles following names or titles used alone.<br />

(1) Capitalize titles following proper names, or used alone as substitutes for names, when they indicate preeminence.<br />

John Adams, President of the United States; the President, the President-elect, the Executive,<br />

the Comm<strong>and</strong>er in Chief, Ex-President Adams, a former President<br />

Thomas Howells, Vice President of the United States; the Vice President<br />

B. A. Rowl<strong>and</strong>, Secretary of State; the Secretary, the Acting Secretary, the Under Secretary,<br />

the Assistant Secretary, the Director, the Chief, or the Assistant Chief<br />

(2) Capitalize titles in the second person.<br />

Your Excellency<br />

Madam Chairman<br />

Mr. Secretary<br />

(3) Do not capitalize when used in a general sense or when not indicating preeminence.<br />

Burns Mason, president of the Potomac Railway; president-elect of the union, the executive’s suite,<br />

a young comm<strong>and</strong>er in chief, ex-president of Cullen Institute, a former president of the university.<br />

Caleb Johnson, vice president of the Exchange; the vice president of SDA<br />

secretaries of the military departments (part of the clerical staff), but Secretaries of the military departments<br />

(heads of Army, Navy, Air Force); the director, or chief, or assistant chief of the laboratory<br />

Section II<br />

Compound Words<br />

B–4. General<br />

a. A compound word conveys a unit idea that is not as clearly conveyed by separate words. The hyphen not only<br />

unites but separates the component words to aid readability <strong>and</strong> correct pronunciation.<br />

b. In this section, basic rules for compounding are given first <strong>and</strong> are followed by guides to forming solid<br />

compounds <strong>and</strong> to hyphenating unit modifiers. Instructions are also given on adding prefixes <strong>and</strong> suffixes <strong>and</strong> on<br />

putting together combining forms.<br />

B–5. Basic rules<br />

a. Omit the hyphen when words appear in regular order <strong>and</strong> the omission causes no confusion in sound or meaning.<br />

after action<br />

banking hours<br />

blood pressure<br />

book value<br />

census taker<br />

day laborer<br />

eye opener<br />

fellow citizen<br />

life cycle<br />

living costs<br />

mountain laurel<br />

palm oil<br />

patent right<br />

real estate<br />

time frame<br />

training ship<br />

violin teacher<br />

b. Compound two or more words to express an idea that would not be as clearly expressed in separate words.<br />

66 AR 25–50 • 3 June 2002

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