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hyphenated or not. Sometimes words

written separately in a ten-year-old

dictionary will be hyphenated in a

more modern one; sometimes words

hyphenated in an older dictionary will

now be written as one word.

Is it washing machine or washing￾machine, wash-basin or washbasin,

print-out or printout?

Such words need to be checked

individually.

(iv) Hyphens are used with some prefixes:

co-author, ex-wife, anti-censorship

Check individual words in a dictionary

If you are in doubt.

Always use a hyphen when you are

using a prefix before a word that

begins with a capital letter:

pro-British, anti-Christian, un-American

Sometimes a hyphen is used for the

sake of clarity. There is a difference in

meaning between the words in these

pairs:

re-cover and recover

re-form and reform

co-respondent and correspondent

(v) Hyphens are also used to indicate a

range of figures or dates:

There were 12 - 20 people in the

room.

He was killed in the 1914 - 18 war.

hypocrisy (not -asy)

hypocrite

hypocritical See HYPERCRITICAL OR HYPOCRITICAL?.

hypothermia See HYPERTHERMIA OR HYPOTHERMIA?.

HYPOCRISY

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