A hyphen is a symbol used to join two words or two syllables of a single word together. It is not to be confused with dashes or the minus symbol, as these are all longer than the hyphen and serve different purposes in language.
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Sub edge, sub-edge or subedge?
In fields like geometry and numerical methods for solving differential equations we often use words like sub-face and sub-edge, referring to parts of a geometrical object. For instance, a cube has 6 ...
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Is it “interest free” or “interest-free” when describing a loan without an interest rate? [duplicate]
I watched a clip a show shown on TruTV about a woman who was angry about not having been offered free cash for thirty days. According to the receptionist in the financial services place she was in, ...
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“Multi-column” or “multicolumn”? [duplicate]
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To hyphenate or not?
Which is the proper one? I mainly use this term in computer terminology, like "grid multicolumn sorting".
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Hyphen usage. Mono-channel and multi-channel or monochannel and multichannel? [duplicate]
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When is it necessary to use a hyphen in writing a compound word?
While writing a technical paper about fiber optics this question about hyphens came out.
Should this ...
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Should “no longer” have a hyphen?
I have always put a hyphen in the fragment "no-longer X", but neither the BBC website or the Economist seem to put one in. I always thought that
The piece of string was no longer than five inches.
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Usage of hyphens with numeric measurements
What is correct:
two 1-Gb links;
two 1 Gb links; or
two 1Gb links?
I suspect the first, however I do not know the name of this situation, which makes it difficult to for me to find via Google. I ...
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Hyphenation in compound adjectives [duplicate]
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To hyphenate or not?
When is it necessary to use a hyphen in writing a compound word?
When is it appropriate to use a hyphen?
In the sentence "Portland is known to ...
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“Company-assigned” or “company assigned” [duplicate]
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When is it appropriate to use a hyphen?
In phrases describing something that has been assigned to someone, should the phrase be hyphenated or not?
He uses a ...
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Game-development-oriented or game development-oriented? [duplicate]
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How to connect a word and a phrase with a hyphen?
“Hardware-counter-based tools” or “hardware-counter based tools”?
As the title states, which is the correct hyphenation ...
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“Simple to use” or “simple-to-use”? [duplicate]
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Should I use “ related” or “-related”
I am not sure which one of these two forms is the correct one: "simple to use" or "simple-to-use".
My hypothesis is that depends ...
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Proper punctuation of “three to five page essay” [duplicate]
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How to write dashes in “a 2-4-room-apartment”?
Which is the best way to write the quotation in the Question Title using numbers?
3–5-page essay
3 to 5-page essay
3–5 ...
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When do I use a suspended hyphen? [duplicate]
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Use of hyphens when writing repeated compound words that have common parts
When is the use of a suspended hyphen correct? Only in cases were the last part of the ...
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“Troubleshooting”, “trouble-shooting”, or “trouble shooting”? [duplicate]
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When is it necessary to use a hyphen in writing a compound word?
To hyphenate or not?
Which versions are correct, "troubleshooting", "trouble-shooting", or "trouble ...
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What's the proper capitalization for this sentence? [duplicate]
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Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
I have a line of text. I want to show the first word capitalized. When I type end-to-end as the first word ...
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In a formal document, may the hyphen be omitted from “e-mail”? [duplicate]
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“Email” or “e-mail”?
For a formal document such as a CV, would it be acceptable to use the term "email", or is only "e-mail" acceptable?
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Should the words “much needed” be hyphenated or not? [duplicate]
Here's an example of what I mean:
"It's time for some much needed rest and relaxation."
Or should it be:
"It's time for some much-needed rest and relaxation."
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plural of composite words, with hyphen [duplicate]
Is it correct (and if yes, why) to write:
"the 3-body problem", and not "3-bodies"
"a N-particle Hamiltonian" and not "N-particles"
"a two-man job" and not "two-men"
"a three-stage algorithm", and ...
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“The ten word story” or “The ten-word story”? [duplicate]
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Hyphenation in compound adjectives
Does one need to hyphenate, e.g.: "The ten word story" or "The ten-word story"?
I can see why one might need to hyphenate in the ...
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Are hyphens used for phrases like “more or less”? [closed]
Are dashes used for phrases like "more or less"?
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Should “forty-year” in this context be hyphenated? [duplicate]
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Pluralization rule for “five-year-old children”, “20 pound note”, “10 mile run”
Mr. Willow’s more than forty-year experience in ...
