Timeline for What is the rule for composing two words, when one of them is hyphenized or has spaces?
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| Feb 23, 2011 at 16:06 | comment | added | Tragicomic | @The Raven: My interpretation is that the already-hyphenated compound (EFSMA[hyphen]EE) stays hyphenated, and you use the en dash to add the third word, either before or after the term (to do which you would normally use a hyphen). For instance, in quasi-public–quasi-judicial, quasi-public and quasi-judicial are both already hyphenated, and the en dash is used to join the two hyphenated terms. If we were saying pre–EFSMA-EE, the en dash would, as you say, be used first. But if we say, EFSMA-EE–time, EFSMA-EE stays hyphenated, and the en dash is used after. | |
| Feb 23, 2011 at 15:49 | comment | added | The Raven | Per Chicago, I believe the convention is to use the en dash first, hyphen second. EFSMA[en dash]EE-time, etc. | |
| Feb 23, 2011 at 10:56 | vote | accept | John Assymptoth | ||
| Feb 23, 2011 at 10:54 | history | answered | Tragicomic | CC BY-SA 2.5 |