Editcetera @editcetera.com · Aug 27 Even more on hyphenation. In another departure, Chicago 18 (7.96) now hyphenates terms modified by “then” when used in the sense of “former”; for example, “then-president.” If “then” appears before an open compound, use an en dash; for example, “then–vice president.” #FreelanceEditing #GrammarSnack
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Right on! Finally! I know I love hyphens to a fault, but even correcting for that, it always bugged the hell out of me to see the open arrangement "... then Prime Minister John Major ..." It triggered some part of my mind to ask, "Then what? He did what?"