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The hyphen-minus symbol (-) is the form of hyphen most commonly used in digital documents. On most keyboards, it is the only character that resembles a minus sign or a dash so it is also used for these. [27] The name hyphen-minus derives from the original ASCII standard, [28] where it was called hyphen–(minus). [29]
Gram should be capitalized and never hyphenated when used as Gram stain; gram negative and gram positive should be lowercase and only hyphenated when used as a unit modifier. Gram staining; gram negative; gram-positive bacteria; It would be helpful for this article, Gram-positive bacteria, and Gram staining to be standardized accordingly.
Wikipedia uses four: the hyphen (sometimes called the hyphen-minus), the minus sign, the en dash, and the em dash. Hyphen (- or -, MOS:HYPHEN; known as the hyphen-minus in ASCII and Unicode) are used in many ways on Wikipedia. They are the only short, horizontal dash-like character available as a separate key on most keyboards.
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 ...
Hyphen#Compound modifiers and Compound modifier#Hyphenation of elements suggest that it should be, but the main article was moved in 2008 from All-female band to All female band, with the reason: "non needed hyphen, bad grammar". -- Black Falcon 06:14, 2 April 2010 (UTC) Non-needed move, bad grammarian.
EPA contractors remove hazardous materials at a home in Altadena on Wednesday. The U.S. agency is working to clean up areas affected by the L.A. wildfires.
The negative impact of calorie-labelled menus in restaurants on those with restrictive eating disorders is a “cause for concern”, a study suggests. ... with more needed to understand whether ...
This need not be done in a taxobox, which handles this automatically. Do not apply another stylization such as SMALL-CAPS. When one is provided, an author's name should be linked if there is an article to link to, and should not be abbreviated in absence of a link. Link directly to a notable taxonomist's Wikipedia article, at first occurrence.