13. In connecting ex, vice, general, elect, etc., constituting parts of titles, with the chief noun: e.g., ex-Governor Draper, Governor-elect Wilson, etc.
14. In compounds of by: e.g., by-laws, by-products, etc.
15. In connection with prefixes co, pre, and re when followed by words beginning with the same vowel as that in which they terminate, but not when followed by a {48} different vowel or a consonant: e.g., co-operation, but coeducation; pre-empted, but prearranged; re-elected, but recast. Exceptions: combinations with proper names, long or unusual formations, and words where the hyphen defines the meaning: e.g., re-creation and recreation, re-form and reform, re-collect and recollect, pre-Raphaelite.
16. In writing ordinal numbers when compounded with such words as first-rate, second-hand, etc.
17. In connection with the word quasi prefixed to a noun or to an adjective: e.g., quasi-corporation, quasi-compliant, etc.
18. In connection with the Latin prepositions extra, infra, semi, supra, and ultra: e.g., extra-hazardous but extraordinary; ultra-conservative but Ultramontane.
19. In spelling out fractional numbers involving more than two words: e.g., The supply is three-quarters exhausted; but, This leaves twenty-five hundredths.
20. In compounding numerals of one syllable with self-explanatory words of various meanings: e.g., three-legged, four-footed, one-armed, etc.
Also in combining numerals with nouns, to form an adjective: e.g. twelve-inch rule, hundred-yard dash, two-horse team, etc.
21. In compounding a noun in the possessive case with another noun: e.g., jews’-harp, crow’s-nest, etc. {49}