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Open, solid, and hyphenated terms: Prefixes
Consult a dictionary to find out the accepted spelling of
compound nouns, whether open (field worker), solid (fieldworker),
or hyphenated (field-worker). Hyphenate compound adjectives (long-term
gains), unless they are recognizable as paired adjectives that usually
modify the noun they are in front of (current account deficit).
Run prefixes solid (without a hyphen), unless such curiosities as crosssectional
are the result, or unless the prefix is attached to a compound word (non-oil-exporting)
or a capitalized word (non-British).
| antismoking on one page and anti-smoking
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antismoking on one page and antismoking
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| nonviolent on one page and non-violent
on the next |
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nonviolent on one page and nonviolent
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