Hyphens Flashcards
When do you hyphenate prefixes?
When the original word is a whole word itself.
Also words where the prefix ends with a vowel and the root word starts with a vowel:
e.g. The military’s new anti-aircraft missile was very colorful.
What numbers are hyphens used between?
Twenty-one to ninety-nine
Correctly shorten the following sentence.
There was conflict between
pro-gun and anti-gun
groups.
There was conflict between
pro- and anti-gun
groups.
Which of the sentences below correctly hyphenates the adjectives?
a) Kiaro had not stayed in a hotel that was this old-fashioned before.
b) The hotel was a bit old-fashioned, but Kiaro didn’t mind that.
c) The old-fashioned hotel didn’t bother Kiaro in the slightest.
Answer: c)
Which of the sentences below correctly hyphenates the adjectives?
a) The manager who offered her the job was middle-aged. He had a nice smile.
b) The middle-aged manager who offered her the job had a nice smile.
c) The manager was middle-aged, and smiled nicely when she offered her a job.
Answer: b)
Must sentences that end in ellipses finish with a closing punctuation like a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark?
Yes
The document read, “The man is hereby declared guilty of theft and property damage and is sentenced to six months in prison.”
Which of the following sentences correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten the statement above?
a) The document read, “The man is hereby… declared guilty of theft and property damage… and is sentenced to six months in prison.”
b) The document read, “The man is hereby declared guilty…and is sentenced to six months in prison.”
c) The document read…, “declared guilty of theft and property damage… sentenced to six months in prison.”
Answer: b)
“Ping Pong was first introduced to England in the 1880s and was commonly played as an after-dinner game. It is said to have been brought to England by British soldiers working overseas.”
Which of the following sentences correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten the statement above?
“…was first introduced to England in the 1880s… brought to England by British soldiers working overseas…”
“Ping Pong… it is said to have been brought to England by British soldiers working overseas.”
“Ping Pong was first introduced to England in the 1880s… by British soldiers working overseas.”
Answer: c)
