Die SOK empfiehlt, bei der Schreibweise von mehrgliedrigen englischen Fügungen, bei denen mehrere Varianten bestehen, grundsätzlich die vom Rechtschreib-Duden empfohlene zu verwenden (z. B. Callcenter, Cruise-Missile, Motocross, Shareholder-Value). Ausnahmen z. B.: Air-Condition[ing], Boat-People, Dinner-Jacket, Discount-Broker, Diskjockey/Discjockey (Duden empfiehlt Discjockey, SOK: keine Empfehlung), Fund-Raising, Junk-Food, Live-Act, Live-Show, Mountain-Bike (Duden nur: Mountainbike), Pole-Position, Riverboat-Shuffle, Sightseeing-Tour, Think-Tank, Tie-Break; Black Jack, Blue Chip, Cold Cream, Dark Room, Fairplay, Flat Rate, Free Climbing, Hard Disk (Duden empfiehlt Harddisk), Hard Rock, Odd Fellow, Prime Time, Real Time, Soft Copy, Soft Drink, Soft Rock; Crossover, Fall-out, Hand-out, Playback; Ready-made.
In einigen Fällen empfiehlt die SOK eine vom Rechtschreib- bzw. Fremdwörter-Duden bzw. von der Regelung 06 abweichende Schreibweise, z. B.: Audience-Flow, Body-Painting, Candlelight-Dinner, Country-Music, Drag Queen, Emmy-Award, Gender-Studies, Hedge-Fund, Love Parade, Mass-Action, Mass-Reaction, Micky Mouse, Online-…, Online-Broker, Page-Impression, Patchwork-…, Player Roll, Porterhouse-Steak, Soil Erosion, Tea-Room, Traveler’s Check, Window-Dressing, Window-Shopping; American way of life, Blue Jeans, Firstclass-…, Prepaid Card, Prepaid Handy, Quickstep, Short Track, Upper Class; Business as usual, Onestep, Outsider-…, Twostep.
In zahlreichen, im Rechtschreib- oder Fremdwörter-Duden nicht oder nicht mehr aufgeführten Fällen empfiehlt die SOK bestimmte Schreibweisen (siehe Wörterlisten), z. B.: Cashdrain, Dotcom-…, Drag King, Image-Design, Inflight-Service, Key Account, Key Feature, Live-Stream, Minimum-Lending-Rate, Player Roll, Price-Earnings-Ratio, Return on Equity, Ryder-Cup, Stakeholder-Value, Starfighter, Street Parade, Wall-Street-…, West Bank (Westjordanien), Workload; Big Four, Fast Track, Firstclass, die, French Open, Frequent Flyer, Grand Old Party (Rep. Partei USA), Multiple Choice, Open End, Open Sky, Open-Sky-…, Underground-…, Unique Client, Unique Visitor, Working Poor; President-elect, Swiss made.
Diverse
| herkömmliche Rechtschreibung | neue Rechtschreibung | Empfehlung SOK |
| across the board | across the board | across the board |
| Afro-Look | Afrolook | Afrolook |
| After-shave | Aftershave | Aftershave |
| After-shave-… | Aftershave-… / After-Shave-… | Aftershave-… |
| After-shave-Lotion | Aftershavelotion / Aftershave-Lotion / After-Shave-Lotion | Aftershave-Lotion |
| n/a | Afterwork… / After-Work-… | After-Work-… |
| all right | all right | all right |
| n/a | all-inclusive | all-inclusive |
| n/a | All-Terrain-Bike | All-Terrain-Bike |
| n/a | anything goes | anything goes |
| n/a | business as usual | Business as usual |
| bye-bye! | bye-bye! | bye-bye! |
| Cash-and-carry-… | Cash-and-carry-… | Cash-and-carry-… |
| Catch-as-catch-can | Catch-as-catch-can | Catch-as-catch-can |
| do it yourself | do it yourself | do it yourself |
| Duty-free-… | Duty-free-… | Duty-free-… |
| n/a | E-Check-in | E-Check-in |
| n/a | E-Commerce | E-Commerce |
| n/a | ||
| n/a | E-Mail-… | E-Mail-… |
| n/a | E-Ticketing | E-Ticketing |
| fifty-fifty | fifty-fifty | fifty-fifty |
| n/a | Fifty-fifty-… | Fifty-fifty-… |
| free alongside ship (Abk. fas, f. a. s.) | free alongside ship (Abk. fas, f. a. s.) | free alongside ship (Abk. fas, f. a. s.) |
| free on board (Abk. fob, f. o. b.) | free on board (Abk. fob, f. o. b.) | free on board (Abk. fob, f. o. b.) |
| free on waggon (Abk. fow, f. o. w.) | free on waggon (Abk. fow, f. o. w.) | free on waggon (Abk. fow, f. o. w.) |
| Go-go-… | Go-go-… | Go-go-… |
| n/a | Going-public | Going-public |
| Go-Kart | Gokart | Gokart |
| n/a | good till date | good till date |
| Homewear | Homewear | Homewear |
| n/a | in concert | in concert |
| n/a | n/a | Indoor-… |
| n/a | just in time | just in time |
| n/a | Kick-and-rush | Kick-and-rush |
| n/a | Learning by doing | Learning by doing |
| made in … | made in … | made in … |
| made in Switzerland | made in Switzerland | made in Switzerland |
| no future | no future | no future |
| no iron | no iron | no iron |
| Nonproliferation | Nonproliferation | Nonproliferation |
| Nonstop… | Nonstop… / Nonstop-… | Nonstop-… |
| Non-book-… | Nonbook… / Non-Book-… | Non-Book-… |
| Non-food-… | Nonfood… / Non-Food-… | Non-Food-… |
| n/a | Nonprofit… / Non-Profit-… | Non-Profit-… |
| No-future-… | No-Future-… | No-Future-… |
| No-name-… | Noname… / No-Name-… | No-Name-… |
| off limits! | off limits! | off limits! |
| Off-Beat | Offbeat | Offbeat |
| off line | offline | offline |
| n/a | Offroader | Offroader |
| Off-shore-… | Off-Shore-… / Offshore-… | Offshore-… |
| offside | offside | offside |
| n/a | on air | on air |
| n/a | On His [Her] Majesty’s Service (Abk. O. H. M. S.) | On His [Her] Majesty’s Service (Abk. O. H. M. S.) |
| on the road | on the road | on the road |
| on the rocks | on the rocks | on the rocks |
| Onestep | Onestepp | Onestep |
| n/a | One-Night-Stand | One-Night-Stand |
| on line | online | online |
| n/a | out of area | out of area |
| n/a | Outback | Outback |
| Outcast | Outcast | Outcast |
| n/a | n/a | Outdoor-… |
| Outlaw | Outlaw | Outlaw |
| n/a | Outperformer | Outperformer |
| Output | Output | Output |
| Outsider | Outsider | Outsider |
| n/a | Outsider… | Outsider-… |
| n/a | Outsourcing | Outsourcing |
| n/a | Outtake | Outtake |
| Overall | Overall | Overall |
| overdressed | overdressed | overdressed |
| Overdrive | Overdrive | Overdrive |
| Overkill | Overkill | Overkill |
| n/a | Payroll | Payroll |
| n/a | Pay-per-View | Pay-per-View |
| n/a | Pay-TV | Pay-TV |
| Peep-Show | Peepshow | Peepshow |
| n/a | Plug and play | Plug and play |
| Pre-shave | Preshave | Preshave |
| Pre-shave-… | Preshave-… / Pre-Shave-… | Preshave-… |
| Pre-shave-Lotion | Preshavelotion / Preshave-Lotion / Pre-Shave-Lotion | Preshave-Lotion |
| n/a | n/a | President-elect |
| Printed in … | printed in … | printed in … |
| n/a | Printing-on-Demand | Printing-on-Demand |
| Ready-made | Readymade / Ready-made | Ready-made |
| n/a | Reengineering | Reengineering |
| n/a | Serve-and-Volley | Serve-and-Volley |
| n/a | Sixty-nine | Sixty-nine |
| n/a | n/a | Swiss made |
| top-secret | topsecret | topsecret |
| Twostep | Twostepp | Twostep |
| up to date | up to date | up to date |
| n/a | well done | well done |