WITH CAPITALIZED BASE WORDS [Examples:} pro-Bush, un-American, non-Catholic Only in the following cases do you need a hyphen:
Most words containing prefixes or suffixes are written without hyphens: antiwar, gorillalike.
Martin's Handbook, fifth edition (2003):ĥ7c Using hyphens with prefixes and suffixes Except before a proper name or a number, compounds formed with mid are one word: midafternoon, midair, mid-America, mid-Atlantic, midchannel, midcontinent, midday, Mideast, midfield, midland, midlife, midmorning, midnight, midpoint, midocean, midsection, midship, midsize, midstream, midsummer, Midtown (Manhattan's), midtown, midway, midweek, Midwest, midwifeĪlso, mid-1960, mid-1960's, mid-'60, mid-60's, mid-ninth century, mid-16th century.įrom The St. Mid- No hyphen unless a capitalized word follows: mid-America, mid-Atlantic, midsummer, midtermįrom The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (1999): For example, from The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law (2002):
style guides recommend a treatment of the prefix mid- that closely resembles the one in Chicago.
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