Is the usage of a hyphen in "ad hoc" acceptable?
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00:00 Is The Usage Of A Hyphen In &Quot;Ad Hoc&Quot; Acceptable?
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00:32 Accepted Answer Score 11
00:52 Answer 2 Score 2
01:18 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 11
The rule-of-thumb I've found in researching this issue, (though no reference to a specific style guide was referenced – one site linked here) is if Latin and other foreign phrases are not hyphenated in their original language, then they are not hyphenated in English.
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Score 2
"ad-hoc" is wrong; "ad hoc" is correct. The book Grammatically Correct (2nd edition) by Anne Stilman mentions this as a commonly mis-hyphenated compound, along with the following (correct usages):
- more or less
- ongoing
- under way
- a priori
- bona fide
- post hoc
- vice versa
The same book provides further guidance on hyphenation, a good reference.