Published by: sammi2015 (Karma: 2153.62) on 27 July 2012 | Views: 4770
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Hyphenation is like kitchen spice: use them correctly, and they can sharpen writing and give it a better texture. When used incorrectly or overused, they can garble the piece and make it difficult to read.
Hyphenation Rules
Hyphen errors in a written piece are usually only distracting, but they can detract from clarity, whether by wrong placement or omission. Some writers boggle at these little pieces of punctuation and attempt to write in such a way to avoid them, but this is a shame, as hyphens can be handy.
These ten hyphen rules have been sorted into two tidy piles: when to use them and when to leave them out, or “Yes” and “No”
