English Hyphens

Pre-civil

Hyphen with select suffixes

Hyphen with compind modifiers

Hyphen b/w prefix and capitalized words

Hyphen with comparitives and superlatives

They were a family with a lower-income

It was a lower-stress job.

They were a low-income family

Grass-fed beef

Hyphens with compund expressions

Hyphens with compund expressions with nouns

Noun adjv adv and participle

Use hyphen with a noun,adj,adv and participle when they come before noun

The doctor prescribed medicine that was fast-acting

It was a heavily-decorated room.

The doctor prescribed a fast-acting medication

Low-flying

Hyphen with compound adj with high or low

Hyphen with compund adj with fraction

Mind-killer,little-death

Hyphen with specific prefix and suffix

Two or more words that serve as a single

Use hyphen with compound adj with high or low

A family with low-income has trouble making ends meet.

The school serves free lunch to children from low-

Use hyphen with compund modifier.

They were ready to rock-hard at the concert

She was disappointed by the rock-hard cake at her

Use hyphen with comp.adj with a fraction

I ate half-a-pizza

I half-wanted to eat the entire pizza

Eighteenth-century architecture

Compund numbers

Compound Adj with fractions

Compund adj with numbers

Expellled

Hyphen with select suffixes

Use of hyphen with prefix ex only when it means former

Use hyphen with prefix and capatalized word

We live in post-baby era

Many people who burn the flag are anti-American

Use hyphen with comp adj with numbers when the number comes first

She is going to her third-year of school

Students will learn how to multiply in year-3 of their schooling

When I graduate, I want to teach first-grade

I am going to college to study to be a first-grade

Delicious-looking

Hyphen with noun adj or adverb and participle

Hyphen with compund expressions

Use a hyphen to connect two words functioning as an adjective before a noun

Mr.Harrison was well-respected.

Mr.Harrison was a well-respected member of

Fastest-growing

Hyphen with compund expressions

Hyphen with compound modifiers

Noun adj adv and participle

Compund adjectives with

We only have to walk a little ____ until we're there

Farther

Furthur

We like to go to the park almost ____

Every day

Everyday

Physiological

Relating to mind

Normal functioning of living

When someone is blatand they are sneaky and secretive

False

True

Solarium

Living plants in closed container

Exposed to sun

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