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  2. Hyphen - Wikipedia

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    A suspended hyphen (also called a suspensive hyphen or hanging hyphen, or less commonly a dangling or floating hyphen) may be used when a single base word is used with separate, consecutive, hyphenated words that are connected by "and", "or", or "to". For example, short-term and long-term plans may be written as short- and long-term plans.

  3. Internet-related prefixes - Wikipedia

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    There is some confusion over whether these prefixes should be hyphenated and/or in upper case. In the case of e-mail, it was originally hyphenated and lowercase in general usage, but the hyphen is no longer common. [9] In 1999, Michael Quinion attributed the forms "email", "E-mail" and "Email" to uncertainty on the parts of newer Internet users ...

  4. English compound - Wikipedia

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    "African American", as a hyphen is seen to disparage minority populations as a hyphenated ethnicity [14] The following compound modifiers are not normally hyphenated: Compound modifiers that are not hyphenated in the relevant dictionary [10] [11] [13] or that are unambiguous without a hyphen. [12] Where there is no risk of ambiguity: "a Sunday ...

  5. Compound modifier - Wikipedia

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    Words that function as compound adjectives may modify a noun or a noun phrase.Take the English examples heavy metal detector and heavy-metal detector.The former example contains only the bare adjective heavy to describe a device that is properly written as metal detector; the latter example contains the phrase heavy-metal, which is a compound noun that is ordinarily rendered as heavy metal ...

  6. Wikipedia:Hyphens and dashes - Wikipedia

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    On iOS Devices, tap and hold (long press) the -on-screen key to display choices for the en dash "–" and em dash "—". The four hyphen/dash-like characters used in Wikipedia are: - is a hyphen-minus (ASCII 2D, Unicode 002D), normally used as a hyphen, or in math expressions as a minus sign – is an en dash (Unicode 2013).

  7. Wikipedia : Simplified Manual of Style

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    A hyphen is not a dash. Hyphens are used within words or to join words, but not in punctuating the parts of a sentence. Use an en dash (–) with   before and a space after; or use an em dash (—) without spaces. See Wikipedia:How to make dashes. Avoid using two hyphens (--) to make a dash; and avoid using a hyphen for a minus sign. read ...

  8. FACT CHECK: Can Donald Trump Actually Run For A Third Term as ...

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    A post on X shows Trump ally Steve Bannon stating that President-Elect Donald Trump can actually run for a third term as President by law. Verdict: False The 22nd amendment of the U.S ...

  9. Wikipedia : WikiProject Poker/Guidelines

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    When using a number-card format or a card-high format, use a hyphen: "five-card" "ace-high" However, some terms should be hyphenated when used in a poker-specific sense, but should not be hyphenated when used in a more general sense. For example: "Alice went all in against an all-in opponent"