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5. Two nouns; _piecemeal_, _half-mast_.

6. A noun and an adjective; _cost-free_, _pointblank_.

7. A noun and a preposition; _down-stairs_, _above-board_, _offhand_.

RULES FOR THE USE OF THE HYPHEN

1. Hyphenate nouns formed by the combination of two nouns standing in objective relation to each other, that is, one of whose components is derived from a transitive verb:

_well-wisher_ _wood-turning_ _mind-reader_ _child-study_ _office-holder_ _clay-modeling_

When such compounds are in very common use, and especially when they have a specific or technical meaning, they are printed solid;

_typewriter_ _stockholder_ _proofreader_ _copyholder_ _lawgiver_ _dressmaker_

2. Hyphenate a combination of a present participle with a noun when the meaning of the combination is different from that of the two words taken separately; _boarding-house_, _sleeping-car_, _walking-stick_.

3. Hyphenate a combination of a present participle with a preposition used absolutely (not governing the following noun); _the putting-in or taking-out of a hyphen_.

4. As a rule compounds of _book_, _house_, _will_, _room_, _shop_, and _work_ should be printed solid when the prefixed noun has one syllable; should be hyphenated when it contains two; should be printed in two separate words when it contains three or more;

_handbook_, _notebook_, _story-book_, _pocket-book_, _reference book_.

_clubhouse_, _storehouse_, _engine-house_, _power-house_, _business-house_.

_handmill_, _sawmill_, _water-mill_, _paper-mill_, _chocolate mill_.

_cla.s.sroom_, _lecture-room_, _recitation room_.

_tinshop_, _tailor-shop_, _carpenter shop_.

_woodwork_, _metal-work_, _filigree work_.

Unusual combinations such as _source-book_ and _wheat-mill_ are sometimes hyphenated, and the hyphen is sometimes omitted for the sake of the appearance as in _school work_.

5. Compounds of _maker_, _dealer_, and other words denoting occupation are generally hyphenated; _harness-maker_, _job-printer_.

The tendency is to print these words solid when they come into very common use; _dressmaker_.

6. Hyphenate nouns when combined in an adjectival sense before the name of the same person; _the martyr-president Lincoln_, _the poet-artist Rosetti._

7. Compounds of _store_ are generally hyphenated when the prefix contains one syllable, otherwise not; _drug-store_, _fruit-store_ (but _bookstore_), _provision store_.

8. Compounds of _fellow_ are hyphenated; _fellow-being_, _play-fellow_, but _bedfellow_.

9. Compounds of _father_, _mother_, _brother_, _sister_, _daughter_, _parent_, and _foster_ should be hyphenated when the word in question forms the first part of the compound; _father-love_, _mother-country_, _brother-officer_, _sister-state_, _daughter-cell_, _parent-word_, _foster-brother_, but (by exception) _fatherland_.

10. Hyphenate compounds of _great_ in phrases indicating degrees of descent; _great-grandmother_, _great-great-grandfather_.

11. Hyphenate compounds of _life_ and _world_; _life-history_, _world-influence_, but (by exception) _lifetime_.