Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR
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points are combined.<br />
northeast<br />
north-northeast<br />
southwest<br />
south-southwest<br />
B–7. Unit modifiers<br />
a. Place a hyphen between words or abbreviations <strong>and</strong> words combined to form a unit modifier immediately<br />
preceding the word modified, except as shown in b below. This use of the hyphen applies particularly to combinations<br />
in which one element is a present or past participle.<br />
a 4-percent increase<br />
Baltimore-Washington road<br />
drought-stricken area<br />
English-speaking nation<br />
Federal-State-local cooperation<br />
guided-missile program<br />
large-scale project<br />
law-abiding citizen<br />
long-term loan<br />
lump-sum payment<br />
multiple-purpose uses<br />
US-owned property<br />
b. Where meaning is clear <strong>and</strong> readability is not aided, it is not necessary to use a hyphen to form a temporary or<br />
made compound. Restraint should be exercised in forming unnecessary combinations of words used in normal<br />
sequence.<br />
atomic energy power<br />
child welfare plan<br />
civil service examination<br />
income tax form<br />
l<strong>and</strong> bank loan<br />
life insurance company<br />
parcel post delivery<br />
per capita expenditure<br />
real estate tax<br />
social security pension<br />
soil conservation measures<br />
special delivery mail<br />
c. Generally, do not use a hyphen in a two-word unit modifier if the first element is an adverb ending in ly; do not<br />
use hyphens in a three-word unit modifier if the first two elements are adverbs.<br />
eagerly awaited moment<br />
heavily laden ship<br />
unusually well preserved specimen<br />
very well defined usage<br />
very well worth reading<br />
not too distant future<br />
often heard phrase<br />
but<br />
ever-normal granary<br />
ever-rising flood<br />
still-new car<br />
still-lingering doubt<br />
well-known lawyer<br />
well-kept farm<br />
d. Retain the original forms of proper nouns used as unit modifiers, either in their basic or derived forms.<br />
68 AR 25–50 • 3 June 2002