0
Shivaji madali Posted 15 years ago
Medical & Dental Studies

Dash vs no dash after "anti"

hello teachers.,
why there is dash for anti-inflammatory?? and why not for antibiotic?? please explain.. smdl
  

Top answer

Because of the vowels between the words. In Englsih we can't handle vowel clusters and as anti-inflammatory ends the first word in i and starts the second in i we wouldn't be able to pronuonce it as a single word.

— Dave Phillips

  • Because of the vowels between the words.
  • In Englsih we can't handle vowel clusters and as anti-inflammatory ends the first word in i and starts the second in i we wouldn't be able to pronuonce it as a single word.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

5 Answers
0
Because of the vowels between the words. In Englsih we can't handle vowel clusters and as anti-inflammatory ends the first word in i and starts the second in i we wouldn't be able to pronuonce it as a single word.
0
0
Hi,
studentmdlwhy there is dash for anti-inflammatory?? and why not for antibiotic?
Do use a hyphen with prefixes ending in a or i and a base word beginning with the same letter. Example - anti-inflammatory.

Antiinflammatory - Wrong.
Anti-inflammatory - Right ( The last letter of prefix is "I" and the first letter of next wor
0
0
Hi Student,

Here are some more examples.

Do not use a hyphen for these words;

antithesis
bitemporal
counterproductive
defibrillated
extrapyramidal
interpersonal
intracranial
microhematuria
midline
nontender
nondistended
nonfocal
nonspecific
noncontributory
noncompliance
nonicteric
overestimate
ov
0
0
thanks for your help teachers. lot of information given by you.., smdl
0
0
What about words like antithetical?
0

Related Questions