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How to use hyphen in a sentence

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The only quibble I have with the grammar of that prose is the use of a hyphen followed by a semi-colon in the final sentence.
The use of the hyphen to divide words at the ends of lines of text dates from the 14 century.
The operator starts with a literal hyphen, which is followed by a variable token, an expression and an optional block.
Incidentally, the hyphen in Goose-Pimples is a solecism, but we'll never know whether it was written by Leigh or improvised by his cast.
After all, once you've learned the difference between a hyphen and an em dash, there is no going back.
These aren't imported words with genuine umlauts, but retrospective accents denoting a junked hyphen as in microorganisms or coordinated.
The import filter offered to replace the hyphen with an underscore character, and other than the name change, the file read perfectly.
For operations such as searching and sorting, the soft hyphen should always be ignored.
Use of the non-breaking space and soft hyphen indicator characters is discouraged because support for them is not widely deployed.
When a noun that is an open compound is preceded by an adjective, a hyphen is often added to prevent confusion.
In general, though, the Oxford hepcats detect a turning away from the hyphen.
He was coal and wool joined by a stately hyphen and ennobled by five coronets.
Imagine, Kierkegaard says, that you saw nothing but a word followed by a hyphen.
According to Jacoby, the hyphen in service-learning is symbolically representative of this symbiotic relationship.
They've registered the name with a hyphen between the words but I own the domain as one word which is their preference.
Two or more one-syllable words may be joined together, however, usually connected by a hyphen, to form a compound word.
Note: when you post to a specific asset sub-number, enter the asset main number and asset sub-number separated by a hyphen.
Where there are only three digits, as in an air carrier, show the three-character code plus a hyphen.
A hyphen between dates representing years signifies the full period involved, including the beginning and end years.
The hyphen maintains separate identities while symbolising co-operation across the Rhine.
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Examples from Classical Literature
There is no rule to distinguish the compound words that take a hyphen from those that do not.
When they may not be changed by the corrector, the hyphen is often useful in revealing their meaning.
When the syllables are divided by the hyphen, there is no hyphen used between the vowels of the digraph.
He belonged to the branch of the family that owns the hyphen and most of the money.
In these words the pronunciation is more clearly marked by inserting the hyphen.
The purser said that the dragon's name was Mrs. Scrivener-Yapling, with a hyphen.
Sapir's company, Joy-Lud, is in some instances spelled with a hyphen and in others without.
High-Rise is only the fourth among 220 Derby winners to have a hyphen in his name, emulating Lap-dog, Mid-day Sun and Sea-Bird.
When used as adverbs they may be printed in italics without the hyphen.
The hyphen is used between the component parts of some compound words.
The word 'nightcap' is spelled with and without a hyphen in the text.
In ordinary typing, we used to hit a hyphen twice or maybe once and put space on either side.
Hyphen will be responsible for all phases of the project including architecture, design, purchasing and construction.
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