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Semiclon to Join Independent Clauses
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| Example: In her cooking class, the sixth graders cooked severed finger cookies; she got the recipe from Rachel Ray |
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Comma Before a Coordinating Conjunction
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| Example: I have seen him before, but forgotten about him because he lived in Thailand. |
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Hyphens to Join Two or More Words That Act as a Single Term
(Single Meaning) |
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| Example: Well-known, Stay-at-home |
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| Hyphens to Join Some Compound Words |
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| Hyphens to Join Some Prefixes, Suffixes, And Letters to a Word |
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Example: Ex-husband
Self-respect
Mid-1950's |
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| Hyphens After Each Word in a Series When The Words Have a Common Ending |
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| Example:The rope comes in two-, three-, and four-foot lengths. |
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| Hyphens Between a Number and a Unit of Measure |
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| Hyphens in the Written Numbers Between 21 And 99 |
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| Comma Before and After a Nonessential Clause |
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| The candy store, opened in 1990, had more than 1000 selections of candy |
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