20-Hyphens, Brackets And Dashes

Question 1

What are Hyphens used for and what are they?

Answer 1

To divide a word at the end of a line, by dividing the word between syllables. FOR EXAMPLE: There were vampires, ghouls, gob-
blins and monsters at the party.

Hyphens look like this: -

Question 2

How To use a hyphen and their rules

Answer 2

Hyphens are used to divide a word at the end of the line, by dividing the word between syllables: There were vampires, ghouls, gob-
blins and monsters at the party.

RULES/USES:

• Never divide a word that has only one syllable.
• Used with prefixes: ex-,self-,al-,free- etc… ex-student, calorie-free.
• For spelling out numbers between 21 and 99; twenty-one.
• When joining words to make their meaning clear: My sister-in-law is staying with me.

Question 3

What are Brackets and what are they used for?

Answer 3

Brackets are used to enclose information in a sentence that is not considered to be important. FOR EXAMPLE: Katrina Wellingham (1975-2016) was the first woman to travel across the Atlantic sea by plane.

Brackets: ()

Question 4

Brackets Rules

Answer 4

When using brackets only enclose extra information that is not very important. You don’t need to use capitalisation or ending punctuation within the brackets when it is in the middle of a sentence. However when a full sentence is within the brackets ending punctuation is needed(inside the last bracket.)

Question 5

What are Dashes and what do they do?

Answer 5

Dashes are used to break up a sentence when you wish to show a change in thought or speech. FOR EXAMPLE: The entire top floor of the building—it has been run down for years— is going to be renovated next year.