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French Canadian explorerMiddle Eastern geographyState Department employeesKorean War veteransNoun, or adjective after nounan African American has writtenthe explorer was French Canadianthe geography of the Middle Eastemployed by the State Departmentveterans of the Korean WarIf, however, the first term is shortened, use a hyphen.Afro-American culturean Afro-American has writtenIf coordinated terms could be joined by and, hyphenate them.Israel-Egypt peace treatySpanish-English dictionaryCOMPOUNDS INCLUDING NUMBERS. If a compound includes a number, hyphenate it if itprecedes a noun that it modifies; otherwise leave it open. (For the use of numerals versusspelled-out numbers, see chapter 23.)Adjective before nounfifty-year projectfour-year-old childtwentieth-century literaturethird-floor apartment214-day standoffNoun, or adjective after nounthe project took fifty yearsthe child was four years oldstudied the literature of the twentieth centuryshe lived on the third floorstandoff that lasted 214 daysThere are a few exceptions:Always leave open a compound including the word percent, and give the number inarabic numerals (see 23.1.3).a 15 percent increaseincreased by 15 percentAlways use a hyphen to spell a fraction with words. (See 23.1.3 for use of numeralsversus spelled-out numbers in fractions.)a two-thirds majoritya majority of two-thirdsFor a fraction beginning with half or quarter, use a hyphen when it precedes a noun thatwww.itpub.net