Dashes Hyphens

Where does the hyphen belong in the following sentence?

• A-Lot

• Ex-NFL

• football-coaches

• NFL-Players

Which sentence correctly uses dashes?

• My brother-whom I dislike-always gets me into trouble by telling my parents whenever I do something mean to him.

• My brother whom I dislike-always gets me into trouble-by telling my parents whenever I do something mean to him.

• My brother whom I dislike always gets me into trouble by telling my parents-whenever I do something mean to him.

• My brother whom I dislike always gets me into trouble-by telling my parents whenever I do something mean to him.

Where does the hyphen belong in this sentence? When my family travels, we always fly first class and stay in 4 star hotels.

• fly-first and star-hotels

• family-travels and first-class

• first-class and 4-star

• travels-we and my-family

Using dashes are very similar to using ______ .

• Periods

• Commas

• Semicolons

• hyphens

Is this sentence correct?

My sister-and only my sister- is my best friend.

• Yes

• No

Which of the following is a correctly hyphenated word?

• Two-seater

• Sponge-like

• Great-Grandmother

• All of the above

Does this sentence correctly use dashes?

My dog-whose name happens to be Oreo-is a black and white Poodle Mix.

• Yes

• No

Where does a dash belong in this sentence? When I asked my mother if I could attend the party, she gave me the same answer that she always gives which is "No."

• After party

• After same

• After is

• After gives

Which sentence is correct?

• Our school is getting new-state of the art gym equipment.

• Our-school is getting new state of the art gym equipment,

• Our school is getting new state-of-the-art gym equipment.

• Our gym is getting new state of the art-gym equipment.

Which sentence uses dashes correctly? Remember, you should be able to take the piece of the sentence with the dash/dashes out, and it should make perfect sense as a complete sentence.

• Against all odds, Eric the best player on the team broke-- his-- leg.

• Against all odds, Eric--the best player on the team--broke his leg.