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Chapter 6.
6.18.
Print without a hyphen a compound predicate adjective the second element of which is a past participle. Omit the hyphen in a predicate modifier of comparative or superlative degree.
- The area is drought stricken.
- This material is fire tested.
- The paper is fine grained.
- The cars are higher priced.
- Moderately fine grained wood.
- The reporters are better informed.
6.19.
Print without a hyphen a two -word modifier the first element of which is a comparative or superlative.
- better drained soil
- best liked books
- higher level decision
- highest priced apartment
- larger sized dress
- better paying job
- lower income group
- but
- uppercrust society
- lowercase, uppercase type
- upperclassman
- bestseller (noun)
- lighter-than-air craft
- higher-than-market price
6.20.
Do not use a hyphen in a two-word unit modifier the first element of which is an adverb ending in ly, nor use hyphens in a three-word unit modifier the first two elements of which are adverbs.
- eagerly awaited moment
- wholly owned subsidiary
- unusually well preserved specimen
- very well defined usage
- longer than usual lunch period
- still-lingering doubt
- not too distant future
- most often heard phrase
- but
- ever-normal granary
- ever-rising flood
- still-new car
- well-known lawyer
- well-kept secret
6.21.
Proper nouns used as unit modifiers, either in their basic or derived form, retain their original form; but the hyphen is printed when combining forms.
- Latin American countries
- North Carolina roads
- a Mexican-American
- South American trade
- Spanish-American pride
- Winston-Salem festival
- African-American program
- Anglo-Saxon period
- Franco-Prussian War
- Seventh-day Adventists
- but
- Minneapolis-St. Paul region
- North American-South American sphere
- French-English descent
- Washington-Wilkes-Barre route or Washington/Wilkes-Barre route
