Hyphens, Dashes, & Parentheses Chapter 11. Here’s the idea… Hyphens, dashes, and parentheses...
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Transcript of Hyphens, Dashes, & Parentheses Chapter 11. Here’s the idea… Hyphens, dashes, and parentheses...
Here’s the idea…
Hyphens, dashes, and parentheses help make your writing clear by
separating or setting off words or parts of words.
Hyphens
Use a hyphen if part of a word must be carried over from one line to the next. • The word must have at least two syllables to
be broken.
Correct: num-berIncorrect: co-de
Hyphens
• Use hyphens in compound numbers from twenty-one (21) through ninety-nine (99)
Examples:
sixty-threetwenty-six
Dashes
Use dashes to show an abrupt break in thought.
Example:
Louis Braille –who lost his sight at age three- invented an alphabet for blind people.
Dashes
Another example:
Ms. Walsh - who fell and broke her arm at age 10- is deathly afraid of bunk beds.
Parentheses
Use parentheses to set off material that is loosely related to the rest of a sentence.
Example:
Each six-dot cell stands for a character (a letter of the alphabet, a number, a punctuation mark, or a contraction).
My mom grew up on a farm __ she likes to tell stories about her childhood __where they raised
cattle and grew crops.