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Chapter 6.
6.12.
Print solid any, every, no, and some when combined with body, thing, and where. When one is the second element, print as two words if meaning a single or particular person or thing. To avoid mispronunciation, print no one as two words at all times.
- anybody
- anything
- anywhere
- anyone
- everybody
- everything
- everywhere
- everyone
- nobody
- nothing
- nowhere
- no one
- somebody
- something
- somewhere
- someone
but any one of us may stay; every one of the pilots is responsible; every body was accounted for
6.13.
Print compound personal pronouns as one word.
- herself
- himself
- itself
- myself
- oneself
- ourselves
- themselves
- thyself
- yourself
- yourselves
6.14.
Print as one word compass directions consisting of two points, but use a hyphen after the first point when three points are combined.
- northeast
- southwest
- north-northeast
- south-southwest
also north-south alignment
Unit modifiers
6.15.
Print a hyphen between words, or abbreviations and words, combined to form a unit modifier immediately preceding the word modified, except as indicated in rule 6.16 and elsewhere throughout this chapter. This applies particularly to combinations in which one element is a present or past participle.
- agreed-upon standards
- Federal-State-local cooperation
- Baltimore-Washington road
- German-English descent
- collective-bargaining talks
- guided-missile program
- contested-election case
- hearing-impaired class
- contract-bar rule
- high-speed line
- cost-of-living increase
- large-scale project
- drought-stricken area
- law-abiding citizen
- English-speaking nation
- long-term loan
- fire-tested material
- line-item veto
