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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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"You should be well-organised" or "You should be well organised"?

(I see there are other question here about hyphenation; do point me to one if this falls under a general rule, I just couldn't see it.) …
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Which is the correct spelling: "Granddad" or "Grand-dad" or "Grandad"?

In the UK, I've generally seen 'Grandad' used, particularly among the older generations containing a preponderance of grandads. So I'd say that's the correct spelling in British English, and from the …
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