31.01.2015 Views

Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR

Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR

Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

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

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!