New BOS

According to the new BOS, "non" is always hyphenated because it is not a word in and of itself.  It says "non-insulin-dependent diabetes."

The rule says, "Use a hyphen or en dash to hyphenate a compound modifier formed with a one-word modifier or prefix.  In these instances the prefix is hyphenated to clearly communicate a modifying relationship with the entire compound and not just the first word.

Examples:   non-disease-entity modifier; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (no such thing as "nondisease" or "noninsulin."

• Formatting question - sm
  • Diabetes mellitus, noninsulin requiring. sm - oldtimer
    • New BOS - Siouxzq
  • I do use a comma between but the - hyphenation is correct.
  • I believe you are right. - no message

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