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Rule 11a. Hyphenated Words. Each morpheme separated by a hyphen(s) is counted as an individual word if it can stand alone.
| example | |
|---|---|
| Fifty-seven. | WRC = 2 |
| "Daughter-in-law." | WRC = 3 |
Rule 11b. Hyphenated Words. If one or more of the morphemes separated by a hyphen(s) cannot stand alone, the entire sequence is counted as one word.
| example | |
|---|---|
| co-opt | WRC = 1 |
| "re-evaluate." | WRC = 1 |