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I was not able to find this in CMOS anywhere: how do you hyphenate a word that has both a prefix and a suffix? For example, should “seminationwide” have any hyphens?

April 26, 2017able CMOS hyphenate hyphens prefix suffix word

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I was not able to find this in CMOS anywhere: how do you hyphenate a word that has both a prefix and a suffix? For example, should “seminationwide” have any hyphens?

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A. In Chicago style, it would not have hyphens. I should point out, however, that such a word might invite further editorial scrutiny.