http://henyad.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] henyad.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] writers_loft 2010-09-01 12:24 am (UTC)

TAKEN OUT OF PURDUE OWL:

1.Use a hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single adjective before a noun:
a one-way street

2.Use a hyphen with compound numbers:
forty-six

3.Use a hyphen to avoid confusion or an awkward combination of letters:
re-sign a petition (vs. resign from a job)
4.Use a hyphen with the prefixes ex- (meaning former), self-, all-; with the suffix -elect; between a prefix and a capitalized word; and with figures or letters:
ex-husband
self-assured
mid-September
all-inclusive
mayor-elect
anti-American
T-shirt
pre-Civil War
mid-1980s
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I think both the a.m. and AM convention are acceptable.
But are probably more of a stylistic issue.

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