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Hyphens - Glossary of Terms Hyphens A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark used to join the separate parts of a compound word. Examples: well-oiled (as in "well-oiled machine") 6-foot (as in "6-foot shark") cooking-oil ex-President Hyphens can also be used when a word at the end of a line continues on to the next line.  The hyphen is used to show it is the same word.   Researchers have found a way to elim- inate the need to keep milk cold. (This is becoming rare in print due to modern word processors.)

Associated pages:   Alternatives to hyphens in compound adjectives Hyphens in compound adjectives Hyphens in compound nouns Hyphens in prefixes Glossary of grammatical terms

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