PPT-Hyphens A hyphen is shorter than a dash and

joins words together There are no spaces between a hyphen and the words twentyfive not twenty five Hyphens When to use hyphens Hyphens In numbers In numbers between 21 and 99 but not 30 40 . Hyphens. . Angela Gulick. CAS Writing Specialist. June. . 2015. Hyphens . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . Hyphens (-) are used in several different ways:. Use 1: Use a hyphen to connect or “stitch” words together that you want to be read as a unit. These words will form a single concept that describes the following word. However, if this description comes after the word it describes, do not use a hyphen. . a. nd How . N. ot to Screw . T. hem . U. p. . Jazmin Webb . What is a hyphen?. . A hyphen is the connecting mark that is used between words or parts of words. . example-example. NOTE!. A . hyphen. is different from a . Hyphens. By Joanna McDowell. When do we use hyphens?. Range of numbers. Compound numbers. Fractions. Certain prefixes and suffixes. Compound nouns . Coequal nouns. Compound modifiers. Facilitate Reading. En. -. Dash and . Em. -. Dash. Magic Little Dashes!. Do you know the rules of usage for:. FOUR TIMES WHEN . YOU. SHOULD USE. The Hyphen. -. FOUR TIMES WHEN . YOU. SHOULD USE. The Hyphen. HYPHENATED ADJECTIVE . Grammar Toolkit. Hyphens and dashes. Grammar Toolkit. Hyphens and dashes. The main use of . hyphens. is to join two or more . words . into compound words. . A . dictionary will . usually tell . you whether or . A hyphen is shorter than a dash and . joins . words together. There are no spaces between a hyphen and the words. .. twenty-five (not twenty – . five). Hyphens. When. to use . hyphens. Hyphens. In numbers. THE . DASH -. The dash (–) is used to set off additional material within a . sentence. Dashes are often used to . emphasize. the material they set off. . To . set off appositives that contain . commas. bailey. 11-07 and 11-08. Vocab:. Omniscient . Desecrate. 11-07 and 11-08 cont.. Answers:. Omniscient: . knowing everything.. Desecrate: . treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate. punctuation. By Ms Woodward. (stolen). First rule. of Kung Fu –. Bow to . opponent. Capital letter. Full stop. .. (HA!). Inverted Commas. “...”. (stick tongue out and say . hhoooollllllll. ). Comma. Discovering punctuation marks one line at a time. The differences. Originally, people referred to the “. en. . dash” and the “. em. dash”. from traditional ways of using a type writer. . 9. , . 2015- Punctuation that Indicates a Pause. An . ellipsis. . (. ellipses- plural) is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. . (…).. Use an ellipsis when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage. Ellipses save space or remove material that is less relevant. They are useful in getting right to the point without delay or distraction:. to connect two or more words (and numbers) into a single concept, especially for building adjectives. . Note . that a hyphen never has spaces on either side. .. . Example: There are fewer Italian-American communities these days. . Can you spot the compound adjectives in the sentences below?. The man-eating creature uses its razor-sharp claws to capture and kill its prey.. This technologically-advanced software recognises your fingerprint in seconds.. The hyphen is most commonly used to separate a word that is divided by the right hand margin, but a hyphen also has the following conventional . uses:. To . separate the parts of a compound modifier or multiword adjective when the modifier/ adjective precedes the word that it modifies (e.g. “When he is out of town, he uses out-of-town checks.