Hyphens And Compound Adjectives

The only answer that makes sense is answer choice B. For already-hyphenated words, you have to divide the word at the hyphen for line breaks.

This statement is False. Hyphens should be used with compound numbers in order to eliminate any awkward or clunky situations that combining the numbers may cause.

It is convention that a hyphen must be used between the syllables of a word when dividing words at the end of a line.

This is absolutely true. Consider the sentence, "You need to re-press your jeans." If the word "re-press" was instead "repress," the sentence wouldn't make any sense.

The correct answer is A. A hyphens should only be used when joining 2 or more words as a single adjective before a noun and not after the noun like in answer choice B. Answer choice C makes no sense.

This is another convention. For line breaks, you should divide already-hyphenated words only at the hyphen.

Hyphens should never be used for the prefixes de- and hyper-, however it should be used after the prefix all-. This is just convention that should be followed.

You should only use a hyphen to join 2 or more words serving as a single adjective before a noun and not after the noun.

The correct answer is none of the above. For prefixes such as mis-, bi- and co-, hyphens should not be utilized.

You can use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line as long as you make the break between the syllables. In both cases, the word is being divided between syllables hence why C is the correct answer.