Do You Put a Hyphen After Post?

The prefix post- means, “after” or “behind.” It is added to adjectives without a hyphen: postcolonial, postsurgical. ... Added to a noun to create a descriptor, however, post would require a hyphen: “Post-surgery care is vitally important.”

Do you hyphenate after pre and post?

In a previous tip, I shared that pre– and post– are normally joined prefixes, i.e., they are not hyphenated, except when the term is capitalized. In the case of pre– the hyphen is used if the next word starts with a vowel. ... A joined prefix is never used as a separate word before the one it modifies.

When should you use a hyphen?

Hyphen Use
  1. Use a hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single adjective before a noun: ...
  2. Use a hyphen with compound numbers: ...
  3. Use a hyphen to avoid confusion or an awkward combination of letters:
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