Hyphens

Which correctly uses hyphens?

• The thirteen-year-old student was sometimes bored in class.

• The bored student was thirteen-years-old.

Which correctly uses hyphens?

• She liked to re-sale items on E-bay.

• By mid-October, the weather had grown much colder.

Which correctly uses hyphens?

• If you want something, you have to go-get-it.

• You have go-get-it attitude.

Which sentence correctly uses hyphens?

• I have a great-grandmother named Rose.

• I have an awesome-Aunt named Jackie.

Which is correct?

• Look right-and-left before crossing the street.

• Look right and left before crossing the street.

Which is INCORRECT?

• My father will be sixty-five this week.

• I have twenty-two pencils.

• She is twenty-seven-years-old.

• She is twenty-seven years old.

Which is CORRECT?

• My self-sufficient daughter stirs her own chocolate milk.

• My self sufficient daughter stirs her own chocolate-milk.

• My self-sufficient daughter stirs her own chocolate-milk.

• My self sufficient daughter stirs her own chocolate milk.

Which is CORRECT?

• This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

• We will only see this once-in-a-lifetime.

Which sentence contains a phrase that should be hyphenated?

• He is the absolute worst.

• I am the best of the best.

• She is the editor in chief of the magazine.

• He is the greatest player ever.

Which is correct?

• I have to un-do this before I turn it in.

• The pre-season games start soon.

• My ex-boyfriend gets on my nerves.