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102 Do not use a hyphen in a unit modifier enclosed in quotation marks unless it is normally a hyphenated term, but quotation marks are not to be used in lieu of a hyphen.


 * "blue sky" law
 * "good neighbor" policy
 * "tie-in" sale
 * but
 * right-to-work law
 * line-item veto

Print combination color terms as separate words, but use a hyphen when such color terms are unit modifiers.


 * bluish green
 * dark green
 * orange red
 * bluish-green feathers
 * iron-gray sink
 * silver-gray body

Do not use a hyphen between independent adjectives preceding a noun.


 * big gray cat
 * a fine old southern gentleman

Print solid combining forms and prefixes, except as indicated elsewhere.


 * afterbirth
 * Anglomania
 * antedate
 * antislavery
 * biweekly
 * bylaw
 * circumnavigation
 * cisalpine
 * cooperate
 * contraposition
 * countercase
 * deenergize
 * demitasse
 * excommunicate
 * extracurricular
 * foretell
 * heroicomic
 * hypersensitive
 * hypoacid
 * inbound
 * infrared
 * interview
 * intraspinal
 * introvert
 * isometric
 * macroanalysis
 * mesothorax
 * metagenesis
 * microphone
 * misstate
 * monogram
 * multicolor
 * neophyte
 * nonneutral
 * offset
 * outbake
 * overactive
 * pancosmic
 * paracentric
 * particoated
 * peripatetic
 * planoconvex
 * polynodal
 * postscript
 * preexist
 * proconsul
 * pseudoscholastic
 * reenact
 * retrospect
 * semiofficial
 * stepfather
 * subsecretary
 * supermarket
 * thermocouple
 * transonic
 * transship
 * tricolor
 * ultraviolet
 * unnecessary
 * underflow