Compounds with the same root and different prefixes

When a noun is preceded by more than one hyphenated prefix, write the prefixes as follows.

Exemple adequatIn a pioneering study, the Department of Psychology is currently researching the pre- and post-natal effects of carbon monoxide.


Exemple adequatPuig Peralta is an authority on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century arithmetic texts.

Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics
Darrera actualització: 23-4-2024
Recommended citation:
«Compounds with the same root and different prefixes» [en línia]. A: Llibre d’estil de la Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics. <https://www.ub.edu/llibre-estil/criteri.php?id=2278> [consulta: 29 abril 2024].