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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.