hyphenation

Do You Hyphenate 21st Century?

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Do You Hyphenate 21st Century? Do you hyphenate 21st century? Centuries conform to the general rule for hyphenating a compound adjective. When it comes before the noun, include century in the hyphenation (in the case of twenty-first century and above). Afterward, do not (CMOS). It is now the twenty-first century. Should 20th century be hyphenated?

Does 19th Century Need A Hyphen?

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Does 19th Century Need A Hyphen? Does 19th century need a hyphen? twenty-first century the eighth and ninth centuries from the ninth to the eleventh century the eighteen hundreds (the nineteenth century)… hyphens may not be necessary. The expressions late nineteenth-century literature and early twentieth… Does 19th century have a hyphen? Using the wrong label