PPT-Hyphens and dashes

Hyphens 1 Use a hyphen to divide a word at the end of a line Example What percentage of US households have sub scribed to cable television Divide a word only between syllables Do not divide a one syllable word. Quiz by Laura King, MA, ELS Directions: Edit the following sentences based on your understanding of section 8.3 of the AMA Manual of Style. Edit the following phrases using the appropriate hyphen ( Hyp h ens, Dashes, Parentheses, and Brackets Hyphens ( - ) Four of the most common ways to use a hyphen are : 1. At the end of a sentence A. Use for a word that is too long to fit at the end of a sen Grammar Boot Camp Continued. Dashes/Hyphens, . Apostrophes, Titles, Parentheses and Brackets. Dashes. Dashes add emphasis.. Dashes make sentences stronger or more interesting than conjunctions.. Dashes. adding complexity to your style without a thesaurus. Semicolons. The semicolon’s form actually reflects its function. Like a period, the semicolon separates two independent clauses; like a comma, it keeps them connected and tells the reader to pause (not stop).. 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. . . Grammar Station . Rules of Hyphens . Use hyphens in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine . Ex. Twenty-four, seventy-seven, ninety-six . Rules of Hyphens . . Use a hyphen in a compound adjective that precedes a noun. If the compound adjective comes after the noun do not use a hyphen. Use a hyphen to . divide a word . at the end of a line. .. The new governor’s victory celebration will be organ-. ized. by her campaign committee.. - Never divide a one-syllable word. - Divide a word only between syllables. 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 . 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. Use a . hyphen. to divide a word at the end of a line. . Only words with more than one syllable can be divided. Do not leave a single letter at the beginning or the end of a line. . Longer words can be divided in more than one place.. 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. . 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. . Andrea Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Parentheses. Use parentheses to enclose material of minor importance.. In general, use commas when the material to be set off is least interruptive, parentheses when it is more interruptive, and dashes when it is the most interruptive.. 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..