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ce_. 14. Hyphenate compounds of _god_ when this word forms the second element; _sun-god_, _war-god_, _godsend_, _godson_. 15. Hyphenate compounds of _half_ and _quarter_; _half-truth_, _quarter-circle_, _half-title_, but on account of difference in meaning of _quarter_, _quartermaster_, _headquarters_. 16. These prefixes _ante_- _infra_- _re_- _anti_- _inter_- _semi_- _bi_- _intra_- _sub_- _co_- _pre_- _super_- _demi_- _post_- _tri_- are ordinarily joined to the word with which they are used without a hyphen, except when followed by the same letter as that with which they terminate or by _w_ or _y_; _antechamber_ _post-temporal_ _antiseptic_ _post-graduate_ _anti-imperialistic_ _prearrange_ _biennial_ _pre-empt_ _bipartisan_ _recast_ _co-equal_ _re-enter_ _co-ordinate_ _semiannual_ _demigod_ _subconscious_ _inframarginal_ _subtitle_ _international_ _superfine_ _intersperse_ _tricolor_ _intramural_ _co-workers_ _intra-atomic_ _co-yield_ Exceptions are (_a_) Combinations with proper names or adjectives derived therefrom, and long or unusual compounds; _ante-bellum_ _sister-university_ _anti-license_ _post-revolutionary_ _anti-security_ _pre-Raphaelite_ _demi-relievo_ _re-tammanize_ (_b_) Words in which the omission of the hyphen would alter the sense; _re-formation_ _reformation_ _re-cover_ _recover_ _re-creation_ _recreation_ 17. The negative prefixes _un_, _in_, _il_, _im_, and _a_ do not take a hyphen except in very rare or artificial combinations; _unmanly_, _invisible_, _illimitable_, _impenetrable_, _asymmetrical_. The negative prefix _non_ calls for a hyphen except in very common words; _non-existent_ _non-combatant_ _non-interference_ _nonsense_ _non-unionist_ _nonessential_ 18. The prefixes _quasi_, _extra_, _supra_, _ultra_, and _pan_ call for a hyphen; _quasi-historical_ _supra-normal_ _quasi-corporation_ _ultra-conservative_ _extra-mural_ _Pan-Germanism_ _Ultramontaine_,
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