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  2. Compound modifier - Wikipedia

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    Hyphens are used in this way to prevent confusion; without their use, a reader might interpret the words separately, rather than as a phrase. Hyphens join the relevant words into a single idea, a compound adjective. A compound modifier that is spaced rather than hyphenated is referred to as an open compound. [2]

  3. Compound (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Compounding occurs when two or more words or signs are joined to make a longer word or sign. Consequently, a compound is a unit composed of more than one stem, forming words or signs. If the joining of the words or signs is orthographically represented with a hyphen, the result is a hyphenated compound (e.g., must-have, hunter-gatherer).

  4. Hyphen - Wikipedia

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    The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. [1]The hyphen is sometimes confused with dashes (en dash –, em dash — and others), which are wider, or with the minus sign −, which is also wider and usually drawn a little higher to match the crossbar in the plus sign +.

  5. Wikipedia : WikiProject Poker/Guidelines

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    When using a number-card format or a card-high format, use a hyphen: "five-card" "ace-high" However, some terms should be hyphenated when used in a poker-specific sense, but should not be hyphenated when used in a more general sense. For example: "Alice went all in against an all-in opponent"

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    Do not use separators other than hyphens. 20070415: Do not omit hyphens. ... When the term is ... 2011, twenty-one more were chosen, not On February 25, 2011, 21 more ...

  7. English compound - Wikipedia

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    A compound is a word composed of more than one free morpheme. [1] The English language , like many others, uses compounds frequently. English compounds may be classified in several ways, such as the word classes or the semantic relationship of their components.

  8. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Glossaries

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    A list of individual entries, each consisting of a one-word or longer term with one or more definitions. Glossaries are subject to all of the same rules (e.g. Wikipedia:Verifiability, and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view) as other content on Wikipedia. list

  9. Internet-related prefixes - Wikipedia

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    In the case of e-mail, it was originally hyphenated and lowercase in general usage, but the hyphen is no longer common. [9] In 1999, Michael Quinion attributed the forms "email", "E-mail" and "Email" to uncertainty on the parts of newer Internet users. [3] In 2003, Ronald Smith prescribed that the e-should always be lowercase and hyphenated. [10]