Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses

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Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses

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• P. 275

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• 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.
• Elec-tion
• Li-brary

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• Use a hyphen in compound numbers from twenty-one
  to ninety-nine and in fractions used as
  adjectives.
• Thirty-two
• A two-thirds majority

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• You have seen hyphens in some compound nouns.
  When two or more words expressing one thought act
  as an adjective before a noun, use a hyphen to
  connect them.
• Long-range plans

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• Use a dash to set off a sudden change of thought
  or an afterthought, or to mean namely or in other
  words.
• Tom and Alex are very close most brothers are.
• The game it went into overtime was really
  exciting.

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• Parentheses indicate another type of
  interruption. They enclose information that isnt
  necessary to the meaning of a sentence or
  information that some readers may already know.
• The president (Cooper Smith) presented the award.

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Use hyphens or dashes correctly in these
sentences.

• One of the best known pieces or furniture is the
  bed.
• A king size bed the largest size is wider than a
  double bed.
• How do you divide furniture, fur niture or furni
  ture?

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Where are parentheses needed in these sentences?

• 4. A double bed is four and a half feet 1.37
  meters wide.
• 5. French beds of the Empire period early 1800s
  were large.

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Use hyphens or dashes correctly in these
sentences.

• 6. A very rough bed is often called a bunk
  perhaps a shortened form of bunker.
• 7. American colonists usually stuffed their beds
  with whatever was plentiful corn husks, wood
  chips, or straw.
• 8. Could a bed be one third husks and two thirds
  straw?
• 9. The bedroom rarely a separate room could be in
  a corner.

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Use hyphens or dashes correctly in these
sentences.

• 10. Many children slept with their parents or in
  a trundle bed a bed pushed under the parents bed
  during the day.
• 11. Privacy a sought after condition was almost
  impossible.
• 12. How is privacy divided, priv a cy or pri va
  cy?