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Hyphen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The hyphen ( ‐ ) is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. It is often confused with dashes ( – , — , ― ), which are longer and have different uses...
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Dash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A dash is a punctuation mark. It is similar in appearance to a hyphen, but longer and used differently. The most common versions of the dash are the en dash (–) and the em dash (—). There are severa...
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This is another commonly misunderstood grammar rule. ... The hyphen is similarly used to attach compound words, and is falling out of use in recent times. Any further distinguishing between en dashes and hyphens are fruitless: they look and smell the same, why don't they share the same name?
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Q 1: Last Friday—no, it was the Friday before—he gave us the essay part of the exam. dashes are correct dashes are incorrect — should use hyphens instead;
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Hyphens and Dashes; Solution; Using Hyphens to Form Compound Words ... Use a hyphen when adding a prefix to a proper noun (one which begins with a capital letter) or a date:
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I decided to demonstrate also the use of proper quotation marks and apostrophes. ... The use of hyphens and dashes in literary American English seems to be relatively uniform however. The following description is mostly based on a detailed explicit presentation in a style manual [Webster], which seems to reflect the...
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Summary: A comprehensive rundown on the proper use of the hyphen. ... Two words brought together as a compound may be written separately, written as one word, or connected by hyphens. For example, three modern dictionaries all have the same listings for the following compounds:
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