Question

Which of the following sentences presents an INCORRECT use of hyphens?

A. "When I'm Sixty-Four" is a famous song by The Beatles.
B. A thesis statement should be well-crafted and thought-over.
C. The trainer said that even dogs can have problems with thier self-esteem.

Answer 1

1. Social networking sites are popular online tools that help people connect on topics of interest. One of the challenges social networks are facing today is privacy protection.

2. A thesis statement should be well- crafted and thought-over.

3. parentheses

Answer 2

The sentence that presents an incorrect use of hyphens is: "A thesis statement should be well-crafted and thought-over." Option B is correct.

The hyphen (‐) is a punctuation mark employed in order to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is known as hyphenation. As an orthographic concept, the hyphen is a single entity.

A hyphen is used in a compound modifier when the modifier comes before the word it’s modifying.