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hyphen - "He is Ortolani and Barlow negative." - MTASK

Posted: Jun 26, 2010

Would this be hyphenated or not? Any rules per BOS for this? TIA. "He is Ortolani and Barlow negative." "He is Ortolani- and Barlow-negative."

I vote for no hyphen - Grady nm

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j

I second that emotion. (nm) - heyho

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xx

I would put the hyphens since they are suspensive - nm

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nm

Suspensive? Where is the suspense? That hyphen does not turn it - into a thriller.---sm

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Just having a little giggle here - sorry.

Haha, giggling, too - see message

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never heard of the expression "suspensive hyphen?"
How come?

I tell you what it is, this will make you stop giggling, read below, FYI:

"Single-space after a suspensive hyphen (one used to connect a series of
compound modifiers with the same base term):

We used 3- and 4-inch bandages."

THEREFORE I would put hyphens:

"He is Ortolani- and Barlow-negative."

You see, stop giggling, you just learned something new.

thank you. At the time, it was easier and more fun to - giggle than to look it up!

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j

I admit, it was really funny, I giggled a lot - see mess

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nm

google: Among Barlow-negative children with no family history - like "heme-negative"

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nm

Depends on sentence placement - Oracle

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Although there are always exceptions to any English grammar rule, a quick rule of thumb is:

If the compound word is directly in front of the noun it modifies, it is hyphenated; if it appears later in the sentence, it is not. ie:

Barlow-negative children.
Children that are Barlow negative.

Hemoccult-negative stool.
Stool is Hemoccult negative.

A well-developed male.
The patient is well developed.

I am referring to OP's QUESTIONS ONLY - geeezzzz!!!!

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we all know this.

BTW
You are wrong with heme-negative:

heme-negative and MANY others are ALWAYS hyphenated, no matter where and how they stand:

BOS

"Stool is heme-negative."

correct, like panic-stricken - nomes

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This is a panic-stricken patient

Patient is panic-stricken.

Always hyphenated, like many others.

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