[nq:2]Is it extracurricular or extra-curricular?[/nq] [nq:1]See www.m-w.com. OK, there it's one word.[/nq] I think most uses of "extra" as a prefix create single words, don't they? (Extraterrestrial, extraordinary; extramural...)
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[nq:2]Is it extracurricular or extra-curricular?[/nq] [nq:1]See www.m-w.com. OK, there it's one word.[/nq] I guess it follows extramarital and extraordinary.
[nq:1]Is it extracurricular or extra-curricular?[/nq] Official US answer: extracurricular. In the US, the publishers have waged war on hyphens after prefixes, and in copyedited text you will seldom see them except in desperate circumstances (e.g., un-ionized, re-port). The masses have been slow to follow, however, with the result that copyeditors spend a good deal of time deleting hyphens
[nq:2]Is it extracurricular or extra-curricular?[/nq] [nq:1]Official US answer: extracurricular. In the US, the publishers have waged war on hyphens after prefixes, and in copyedited text ... after prefixes. (They do not throw them away; they keep them for attributive noun phrases that writers do not hyphenate.)[/nq] It tokk me quite a long time to get used to cooperate, and nonnative caus