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it modifies; otherwise leave it open.Adjective be<strong>for</strong>e nouna half-hour sessiona quarter-mile runNoun, or adjective after nounafter a half hour had passedran a quarter mileFor a compound indicating a span <strong>of</strong> numbers, use a hyphen in both terms, but omit thesecond part <strong>of</strong> the compound in the first term.five- to ten-minute intervalseight- to ten-year-olds20.3.3 Words Formed with PrefixesWords <strong>for</strong>med with prefixes are normally closed, whether they are nouns (postmodernism),verbs (misrepresent), adjectives (antebellum), or adverbs (prematurely). Use a hyphen,however, in these cases:when the prefix is combined with a capitalized wordsub-Saharanbutsubdivisionpro-Asianbutpronuclearwhen the prefix is combined with a numeralpre-1950butpredisposedmid-80sbutmidlifeto separate two i's, two a's, or other combinations <strong>of</strong> letters or syllables that might causemisreadinganti-intellectualbutantidepressantsemi-invalidbutsemiopaque

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