Reflecting its prestige, the name Abel Smith has also metamorphosed into an unhyphenated double-barrelled surname. Compound verbs with single-syllable modifiers are often solid, or unhyphenated. Many scholars and institutions favor the unhyphenated form. They always showed their joined names unhyphenated. He was later commissioned as a sub-lieutenant, but retained his new unhyphenated surname. However, if the compound is a familiar one, it is usually unhyphenated.