Suggestions to Authors of Papers Submitted for Publication by the United States Geological Survey, Volume 6, Part 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - Technical writing |
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... hyphens ; eventually the words are run together as one word and go into dictionaries thus . " Word forms constantly undergo modification . Two - word forms often acquire the hyphen first , are printed as one word later , and not ...
... hyphens ; eventually the words are run together as one word and go into dictionaries thus . " Word forms constantly undergo modification . Two - word forms often acquire the hyphen first , are printed as one word later , and not ...
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... hyphen . better drained soil highest priced coal larger sized grains best preserved specimen 3. A two - word unit modifier is written without a hyphen if the first word is an adverb ending in " -ly " ; a three - word unit modifier is ...
... hyphen . better drained soil highest priced coal larger sized grains best preserved specimen 3. A two - word unit modifier is written without a hyphen if the first word is an adverb ending in " -ly " ; a three - word unit modifier is ...
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... hyphen . Some exceptions are noted below . Use a hyphen with the prefixes " ex , " " self , ” and “ quasi . ” ex - governor quasi - academic self - control ( selfsame is exception ) Unless usage demands otherwise ( as in " transatlantic ...
... hyphen . Some exceptions are noted below . Use a hyphen with the prefixes " ex , " " self , ” and “ quasi . ” ex - governor quasi - academic self - control ( selfsame is exception ) Unless usage demands otherwise ( as in " transatlantic ...
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Publications of the Geological Survey | 1 |
The human factors | 8 |
Obstructions in the writers path | 15 |
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