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> According to the Handbook of Technical Writing, 3rd edition, "a hyphen is
> used with a prefix when the root word is a proper noun."
This applies to a usage like "non-English versions of Windows." ("Vice" isn't a prefix.)
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> A Vice President, seemingly, would be the president of vice (sounds
> interesting...)
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> A Vice-President is someone and something different altogether.
Horsefeathers--there's no hyphen in the title of a Vice President.
It might be hyphenated in an adjectival use (such as "vice-presidential duties"), but not otherwise.
--David
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David M. Brown - Brown Inc.
dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
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