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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.

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