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	BGS house style is to '''limit the use of hyphens to a minimum'''.		BGS house style is to '''limit the use of hyphens to a minimum'''.


	Hyphens help the reader to '''link associated words''', and should be used where their omission would cause confusion.		Hyphens help the reader to '''link associated words''', and should be used where their omission would cause confusion.


	Hyphens '''do not imply range or gradation'''; this is the role of the en-rule (–).		Hyphens '''do not imply range or gradation'''; this is the role of the en-rule (–).


	'''An''' '''adverb ending in -ly''' followed by an adjective or participle '''does not''' need to be linked to it by a hyphen, for example ‘finely laminated’.		'''An''' '''adverb ending in -ly''' followed by an adjective or participle '''does not''' need to be linked to it by a hyphen, for example ‘finely laminated’.


	'''Other adverbs''' followed by an adjective or participle '''should''' usually be hyphenated ''before ''a noun, for example. ‘a well-bedded sandstone’, ‘an ill-defined horizon’, but a hyphen is '''not needed after the noun''', for example, ‘the sandstone is well bedded.		'''Other adverbs''' followed by an adjective or participle '''should''' usually be hyphenated ''before ''a noun, for example. ‘a well-bedded sandstone’, ‘an ill-defined horizon’, but a hyphen is '''not needed after the noun''', for example, ‘the sandstone is well bedded.


	'''Avoid a string of hyphens''' by rephrasing. For example, change ‘on a one-inch-to-one-mile scale’ to ‘on a scale of one inch to one mile’.		'''Avoid a string of hyphens''' by rephrasing. For example, change ‘on a one-inch-to-one-mile scale’ to ‘on a scale of one inch to one mile’.


	'''Colour terms''' in which the first element modifies the second are '''left open''', for example ‘the pale grey clay’, ‘reddish orange sandstone’. However, if the elements of a colour term are of '''equal importance''', hyphens are '''required,''' for example ‘olive-grey clay’.		'''Colour terms''' in which the first element modifies the second are '''left open''', for example ‘the pale grey clay’, ‘reddish orange sandstone’. However, if the elements of a colour term are of '''equal importance''', hyphens are '''required,''' for example ‘olive-grey clay’.


	A hyphen is '''not required''' '''between the digit and the unit''' of measurement, but insert a nonbreaking space to keep the two together. However, where the unit of measurement is spelt out, a hyphen should be used, as in the phrase ‘a six-inch sheet’.		A hyphen is '''not required''' '''between the digit and the unit''' of measurement, but insert a nonbreaking space to keep the two together. However, where the unit of measurement is spelt out, a hyphen should be used, as in the phrase ‘a six-inch sheet’.


	'''Numbers''' from twenty-one to ninety-nine that are not single words should be hyphenated.		'''Numbers''' from twenty-one to ninety-nine that are not single words should be hyphenated.


	In general '''do not hyphenate words formed with prefixes'''. Write ‘subangular’, ‘intergranular’, ‘microfauna’. The chief '''exceptions''' to this rule are:		In general '''do not hyphenate words formed with prefixes'''. Write ‘subangular’, ‘intergranular’, ‘microfauna’. The chief '''exceptions''' to this rule are:

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	BGS house style is to '''limit the use of hyphens to a minimum'''.		BGS house style is to '''limit the use of hyphens to a minimum'''.

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	~~''See also'' [[Compass directions and bearings]]~~


	~~''See also'' [[En-rules and em-rules]]~~

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	* always use a hyphen to avoid words that would otherwise be misleading		* always use a hyphen to avoid words that would otherwise be misleading

	~~'''USE OF HYPHENS IN TECHNICAL TERMS'''~~


	~~''See'' [[Compass directions and bearings]]~~


	In the '''BGS rock classification scheme''', hyphens are used to link compound root names and compound qualifiers; qualifiers are never linked to the root name with a hyphen (for further information see Gillespie and Styles, 1999; Hallsworth and Knox, 1999; McMillan and Powell, 1999; Robertson, 1999).


	~~''See'' [[Hyphenation list]] for BGS house style for regularly used earth science words.~~


	~~Refer to the '''Oxford English Dictionary''' where words do not appear in the list.~~


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''See also'' [[Compass directions and bearings]]

''See also'' [[En-rules and em-rules]]

BGS house style is to '''limit the use of hyphens to a minimum'''.

Hyphens help the reader to '''link associated words''', and should be used where their omission would cause confusion.

Hyphens '''do not imply range or gradation'''; this is the role of the en-rule (–).

'''An''' '''adverb ending in -ly''' followed by an adjective or participle '''does not''' need to be linked to it by a hyphen, for example ‘finely laminated’.

'''Other adverbs''' followed by an adjective or participle '''should''' usually be hyphenated ''before ''a noun, for example. ‘a well-bedded sandstone’, ‘an ill-defined horizon’, but a hyphen is '''not needed after the noun''', for example, ‘the sandstone is well bedded.

'''Avoid a string of hyphens''' by rephrasing. For example, change ‘on a one-inch-to-one-mile scale’ to ‘on a scale of one inch to one mile’.

'''Colour terms''' in which the first element modifies the second are '''left open''', for example ‘the pale grey clay’, ‘reddish orange sandstone’. However, if the elements of a colour term are of '''equal importance''', hyphens are '''required,''' for example ‘olive-grey clay’.

A hyphen is '''not required''' '''between the digit and the unit''' of measurement, but insert a nonbreaking space to keep the two together. However, where the unit of measurement is spelt out, a hyphen should be used, as in the phrase ‘a six-inch sheet’.

'''Numbers''' from twenty-one to ninety-nine that are not single words should be hyphenated.

In general '''do not hyphenate words formed with prefixes'''. Write ‘subangular’, ‘intergranular’, ‘microfauna’. The chief '''exceptions''' to this rule are:

* compounds in which the second element is a capitalised word or a numeral, as ‘post-Dinantian’, ‘pre-1914’ (but ‘Precambrian’)
* compounds that must be distinguished from homonyms, as ‘re-cover’, ‘un-ionised’
* some compounds in which the last letter of the prefix is the same as the first letter of the word following, as ‘co-opt’
* always use a hyphen to avoid words that would otherwise be misleading

'''USE OF HYPHENS IN TECHNICAL TERMS'''

''See'' [[Compass directions and bearings]]

In the '''BGS rock classification scheme''', hyphens are used to link compound root names and compound qualifiers; qualifiers are never linked to the root name with a hyphen (for further information see Gillespie and Styles, 1999; Hallsworth and Knox, 1999; McMillan and Powell, 1999; Robertson, 1999).

''See'' [[Hyphenation list]] for BGS house style for regularly used earth science words.

Refer to the '''Oxford English Dictionary''' where words do not appear in the list.

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