Question

1.

Which is NOT a purpose of hyphens?

to join words

to indicate a pause

to use with prefixes

to separate syllables

2.

True or False: Hyphens and dashes basically have the same purposes.

True

False

3.

Between what two words should a hyphen be added for clarity in the following sentence?: A man eating jellyfish was reported at the beach last summer.

man and eating

eating and jellyfish

the and beach

last and summer

Answer 1

1. Hyphens are used to join words, indicate pauses, and to seperate syllables. However, they are not usually used with prefixes.

2. That is true.

3. Man and eating, because when joined by a hyphen, it is man-eating which is a word commonly seen in literary books and magazines.

Answer 2

Question 1: to indicate a pause

Question 2: False

Question 3: man and eating

Step-by-step explanation:

Question 1:

• The hyphen is used to link two words together.

For example:

A family-owned restaurant

• The hyphen is used to separate syllables in a word. For example, televi-

sion.

• The hyphen is used in some situations with prefixes. One rule states that you can use a hyphe if it comes before proper nouns or proper adjectives. For example: trans-Atlantic, mid-October

The hyphen is not used to indicate a pause.

Question 2:

It's false.

• They are not the same symbol. The hyphen is shorter.
• Hyphens are not separated by spaces, while a dash has a space on either side.
• Hyphens are mainly used for the reasons stated above, while dashes are used to mark a pause. They are parenthetical statements.
• Hyphens are used ot separate parts of words, dashes are used to separate groups of words.

Question 3:

The correct way of using a hyphen is the man-eating jellyfish.

The rule here is: use a hyphen to join two or more words that come before a noun and act as an adjective. This is called a compound adjective.