Online+grammar+workshops+13-Hyphen

**A hyphen joins two or more words together (e.g. x-ray, door-to-door) while a dash separates words into parenthetical statements (e.g. She was trapped - no escape was possible.**


1. Use hyphens with compound numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine. For example: Also use hyphens to separate numerators and denominators in fractions. For example: 2. Use hyphens with some compound nouns. For example: Do not use hyphens with other compound nouns. For example: The best way to determine if a compound noun requires a hyphen is to consult a dictionary. 3. Use hyphens to join coequal nouns. For example: Do not use hyphens between nouns in which the first noun modifies or describes the second. For example: 4. Use hyphens to join compound modifiers that precede nouns. For example: Use hyphens to join adjectives with adverbs such as better, best, ill, lower, little, and well. For example: Use hyphens to join compound modifiers in which the second word is the present or past participle of a verb. For example: Use hyphens to join compound modifiers that contain numbers. For example: Do not use hyphens to join compound modifiers that follow state-of-being verbs and that directly modify the subject of the sentence. For example: Do not use hyphens to join adjectives with adverbs ending in -ly or the adverbs too, very, or much. For example: 5. Use hyphens to separate words in phrases functioning as modifiers that precede nouns. For example: 6. Use hyphens with certain prefixes and suffixes such as //all-//, //anti-//, //-elect//, //ex-//, //mid-//, //neo-//, //post-//, //pre-//, //pro-//, and //self-//. For example: Use hyphens with the prefixes //anti-//, //mid-//, //neo-//, //post-//, //pre-//, and //pro-// that precede proper nouns and numbers. For example: Do not use hyphens with most other prefixes. For example:
 * ===Compound numbers and fractions===
 * twenty-one
 * forty-five
 * seventy-seven
 * ninety-nine
 * one-half
 * two-thirds
 * five-eights
 * three-tenths
 * ===Compound nouns===
 * mother-in-law
 * T-shirt
 * cul-de-sac
 * toothpaste
 * witchcraft
 * babysitter
 * ===Coequal nouns===
 * writer-illustrator
 * director-actor
 * librarian-professor
 * child actor
 * football player
 * chocolate cake
 * ===Compound modifiers===
 * middle-class family
 * self-fulfilling prophecy
 * soft-hearted neighbor
 * well-known novelist
 * better-prepared student
 * ill-mannered child
 * sports-loving uncle
 * fear-inspired devotion
 * hate-filled rhetoric
 * sixth-floor stacks
 * second-semester freshmen
 * twentieth-century literature
 * The author is well known.
 * Those peanuts are chocolate covered.
 * This child is ill mannered.
 * My students were better prepared.
 * very hungry caterpillar
 * too ripe tomatoes
 * much loved grandmother
 * extremely terrible day
 * ===Phrases as modifiers===
 * all-you-can-eat buffet
 * out-of-this-world experience
 * over-the-counter medication
 * ===Prefixes and suffixes===
 * all-purpose
 * mid-century
 * self-employed
 * president-elect
 * anti-American
 * mid-1980s
 * post-Vietnam War
 * pro-American
 * antiwar
 * coworker
 * unhappy
 * disinterested

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