Day 2 — HYPHENS 2
Hyphens 2
Hyphens may be used to form compound words, new
words using certain prefixes and suffixes, and single-
thought adjectives. (See 608.2, 608.8, and 610.1 in Write
Source for additional examples of the uses of hyphens.)
Examples
I hit fast-forward to watch my favorite part of a movie,
(Fast-forward” is a compound word.)
The Wild Bunch is my all-time favorite western.
All-time” is a new word formed by combining the prefix “all” with “time.”)
My collection of award-winning films includes 20 comedies.
(‘Award-winning’ is a single-thought adjective modifying “films,
Boi i Read the sentences below and insert hyphens where necessary between
rect ‘compound words, single-thought adjectives, and new words formed by
using prefixes and suffixes, The first one has been done for you.
: People probably should eat more fatfree foods.
. Hard to understand instructions seem like they are written in Greck.
. ‘The heart pounding ending left me breathless.
. The “easy to follow” instructions for the new VCR confused me.
. The new book of student written poems was high on my must read list.
. The 12 year old skating champion fell after irying the triple jump.
. I stopped at a fast food deli for lunch.
. ‘The one run loss was becoming routine for the hard luck baseball team.
. I want to replace an ink jet printer with an up to date laser model.
. The company halted in house production of its magazine.