▶ Exercise 2 Add hyphens where necessary. Cross out hyphens used incorrectly using the delete
symbol (. If the sentence is correct as written, write C in the blank.
The display on this computer is easily read and adjusted.
1. The history quiz on Monday will cover pages 221 244.
2. The speaker called herself the author of a little read novel that everyone had heard
about.
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3. Nine-tenths of the students voted to donate the leftover money to SADD.
4. I got to supervise the youngest campers' re-creation period at the crafts cabin.
5. Most of our lambs this year were born between midnight and 3:30 A.M.
6. Stacie's grandmother complimented Michael for being so well-read.
7. Nicole was happy to finish twenty first in the gymnastics meet.
8. The witness just repeated that he did not re-collect anything unusual happening on the
morning in question.
9. The material I purchased for the blouse was a loosely-woven linen/cotton blend.
10. Harry Truman was elected vice-president in 1944 and assumed the presidency on the
death of Franklin Roosevelt in 1945.
11. The news report stated that antigovernment forces had moved to within three miles of
the presidential palace.
12. John F. Kennedy was president of the U.S. from 1961 to 1963.
13. Matthew was the best we had ever seen at the valuable skill of self promotion.
14. The surprise guest was the very well-known star of such films as Hercules Slays the
Monster, Don't Answer That!, and Calling All Cornballs.
15. My brother was quite stunned when he learned that the Jets had hired the ex-coach of
the Philadelphia Eagles.
16. Forty-four entries to the essay contest were received by the deadline of midnight last
night.