Question

Which sentence is correctly hyphenated?

She decided to take the long-winding road.

A tall-dark man approached the entrance with determination.

The twentieth-century had the most tornadoes on record.

The hikers spotted a red-tailed pheasant.

Answer 1

The answer would be D, remember that hyphens are used to link two phrases to turn them into one conjoined

Answer 2

Working through the answers we can easily the correct usage of hyphen in the sentence. Hyphen has to be used in a way that its usage place adds logic to the sentence. In all the answers, except the last one the usage is incorrect. Red-tailed cannot be used separately. Therefore, the correct answer is the last one.