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 First-rate, second-rate, and other terms signi- fying degrees, are compounded. So are the titles of First-lieutenant, Second-lieutenant, First-mate, Second -mate, when used before the name of the person; but when these titles occur without the name of the person they are made separate words.

Numerals combined with adjectives or nouns and used as qualifying adjectives take the hyphen.


 * four-mile run
 * four-story
 * one-sided
 * three-legged stool
 * twenty-acre lot
 * two-faced
 * two-foot rule
 * two-hundred-dollar note


 * foster-brother
 * grand-uncle
 * great-aunt
 * great-grandfather
 * heir-at-law
 * mother-in-law
 * second-cousin
 * son-in-law

Kinship words in frequent use are consolidated


 * godfather
 * godmother
 * godson
 * grandfather
 * grandmother
 * stepdaughter
 * stepfather
 * stepmother
 * stepson

Compound nouns ending with man or woman should be consolidated : as, Englishman, Frenchwoman, oysterman, warehouseman, needlewoman, workingman, marketwoman, etc.