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Posted: Jan 11, 2011

Is nonformulary hyphenated or not.  I am finding it both ways.  Unable to find a good reference point.

nonformulary - sm

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Prefixes are generally meant to be attached to the word.

I prefer nonformulary without the hyphen, but the other way isn't wrong.

If you google "nonformulary" you can find some reference points.

Hyphenated words...sm - GT

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There may be other opinions but, from what I was taught, the rule of thumb I tend to follow is that words such as nonformulary would not be hyphenated but words such as re-injury would be. Where 2 vowels combine, you add a hyphen to avoid confusion. There is no need when 2 consonants combine. This is just what I was taught many years ago. : )


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