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  2. Compound modifier - Wikipedia

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    Hyphens are used in this way to prevent confusion; without their use, a reader might interpret the words separately, rather than as a phrase. Hyphens join the relevant words into a single idea, a compound adjective. A compound modifier that is spaced rather than hyphenated is referred to as an open compound. [2]

  3. English compound - Wikipedia

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    The hyphenated form in which two or more words are connected by a hyphen. Are often hyphenated: ... Both full- and part-time employees will get raises this year. We ...

  4. Hyphen - Wikipedia

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    The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. [1]The hyphen is sometimes confused with dashes (en dash –, em dash — and others), which are wider, or with the minus sign −, which is also wider and usually drawn a little higher to match the crossbar in the plus sign +.

  5. Here’s When to Use a Hyphen Versus a Dash - AOL

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    If you’ve ever found yourself confused about the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and when to use a hyphen, you’re far from alone. Now that you’ve got that rule straightened out ...

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Abbreviations

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    Does not need to be written out in full on first use, nor provided on first use in parentheses after the full term if written out. pm or p.m. post meridiem: Should not be written out in full in times and does not need to be linked. It should not be written PM or P.M. radar: radio detection and ranging: scuba: self-contained underwater breathing ...

  7. Syllabification - Wikipedia

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    A hyphenation algorithm is a set of rules, especially one codified for implementation in a computer program, that decides at which points a word can be broken over two lines with a hyphen. For example, a hyphenation algorithm might decide that impeachment can be broken as impeach-ment or im-peachment but not impe-achment .

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    9.9.2.3 Instead of a hyphen, use an en dash when applying a prefix or suffix to a compound that itself includes a space, dash or hyphen 9.9.2.4 To separate parts of an item in a list 9.9.3 Other uses for en dashes

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    A simple year–year range is written using an en dash (–, – or {}, or {} for a non-breaking en dash), not an em dash, hyphen, or slash; this dash is unspaced (that is, with no space on either side); and the end year is usually given in full: