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Post by loopy3505 on May 19, 2014 17:16:58 GMT
This word with no hyphen is found in financial dictionaries for mortgages. But I want to use it in the general sense, like preapproval to have the day off. Since "pre" is a prefix, I think no hyphen is fine. Thoughts?
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Post by Gini on May 19, 2014 20:58:27 GMT
I never hyphenate it. Just checked SM & hyphenated is not an option there.
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Post by loopy3505 on May 19, 2014 22:32:50 GMT
Sounds good to me too. I don't know why it comes up as a spelling error.
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Post by lindsaypinkham on Dec 9, 2017 2:41:55 GMT
I used to think that you couldn't put two vowels together. but I think that's changing now. In my Chicago Manual of Style in the Compounds and Hyphenation tables, under "pre" they list some example, including "preempt," and under "pro" they have "proindustrial," so I would imagine preapproval has lost its hyphen also.
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