13. Final-letter Contractions

1. Are subject to the general rules for the use of contractions.
2. May never represent whole words.
   

   less

   ally

   
   
3. May be used only in the middle or at the end of a word.
   

   ele(ment)al	m(en)tal
   b(less)	lesson
   c(ance)r	ance(st)or

   
   
4. May be used at the beginning of a line in a divided word.
   

   temp(er)a- (ment)

   hospital- (ity)

   reck- (less)

   
   
5. May never be preceded by the apostrophe or the hyphen.
   

   con-(st)i-tu-tion	grey'(ou)nd
   re(st)-less-ness	re-ally
   com-m(en)t-(ed)	'tion!

   
   
6. The contraction ness may be used in easily read words, but never when the root word ends in en or in.
   

   gov(er)(ness)	(ch)iefta(in)ess
   b(ar)o(ness)	citiz(en)ess
   lio(ness)

   
   

14. Short-Form Words

1. May be used as parts of words as well as whole words.
   

   (above)bo(ar)d	un(necessary)
   (be)(little)d	(first)-born
   c(immediate)ly	(good)(ness)

   
   
   1. May never be divided at the end of a line, but may be separated from anmy added syllable.
      

      (immediate)- ly	un- (perceive)d
      mis- (conceive)	mid- (afternoon)

      
      
   2. May never be used as parts of words unless the original meaning is retained.
      

      (sh)(ou)ld(er)	mu(st)a(ch)e
      bloodlett(er)	Port Said/TD>

      
      
   3. May not be used in unusual words.
      

      (st)irab(ou)t

      
      
   4. The short forms after, blind, and friend are used when followed by a consonant, but may not be used when followed by a vowel unless the vowel begins a line in a divided word.
      

      (after)ma(th)	(blind)(ness)	(friend)ly
      aft(er)e(ff)ect	(bl(in)d(ing)	(be)fri(en)d(ed)
      (after)- e(ff)ect	(blind)- (ing)	(be)(friend)- (ed)

      
      
2. May represent a whole proper name, but never part of a word in a proper name.
   

   (Th)omas (Little)	Jimmy Doolittle
   (The) Quicksilv(er)	Fri(en)d(sh)ip Hei(gh)ts

   
   
3. May be used as parts of common words that are not regarded as proper names in the titles or headings of books, chapters, articles, or songs and in the names of companies or organizations.
   

   (The) (Great)e(st) (St)ory (Ever) Told

   N(one) (such) Bak(ing) Co.

   (Children)s Press