Hyphenate Sentence Examples

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  • Have you noticed that women who spout off about things they do not understand usually hyphenate their last names?

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  • This will enable visitors to still reach your Web site even when they type a letter wrong, or hyphenate your domain name when searching.

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  • Who among us has not, while composing a " Dear John " letter, fretted over whether to hyphenate " chronic halitosis "?

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  • TeX wo n't hyphenate a word that's already been hyphenated.

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  • When and How To Use a Hyphen ( - )

    A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark that joins related words together to create compound words like: 

    • follow-up 
    • up-to-date
    • full-time (adjective only)
    • father-in-law
    • five-year-old 
    • sugar-free

    It clarifies word meaning, forms new ideas, and allows writers to use language in a cool, creative way. 

    Hyphens can also indicate when a word is cut off, either at the end of a line or because someone stops speaking abruptly. (“Have you seen the pineapple mons-”)

    So when is a hyphen actually necessary, when is it optional, and when don’t you need one at all?

  • When Should Ages Be Hyphenated? The Years-Old Question

    “You’re ten years old now!” you write in your nephew’s birthday card. Then you frown and change it to “You’re ten-years-old now!” But that doesn’t look quite right, either. The truth is, you do hyphenate ages when they’re written out — sometimes. It depends where they fall in the sentence. (Spoiler alert: You’re going to need another try on that birthday card.)

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