Half Blood Prince vs. Half-Blood Prince or Halfblood Prince

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 105199

"antoshachekhonte" <antoshachekhonte at y...> wrote:
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> Strictly speaking, whether the style is 
> British or American, a two word noun phrase that's used as an adjective (that is, that 
> modifies a noun) is hyphenated. Not to mention the fact that, in all of the previous 
books, 
> even the noun form of 'half-blood' is always hyphenated. 

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Antosha again:

For an example of how this is supposed to work, the Malfoys, the Blacks and the Weasleys 
are all referred to as "purebloods," but Draco and others are referred to on numerous 
occasions as "pure-blood wizards."

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