Hyphens Usage: Test Your Knowledge! Trivia Quiz

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1. Hyphens can really change the meaning of a word (i.e. resign vs re-sign).

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Resign is leaving something while re-sign means having to sign something again.

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Test your knowledge on hyphen usage by taking up the quiz below. Hyphens can be used for a number of reasons, and the main reason in a sentence is to join two or more words serving as adjectives before a noun. Take this test and see how good you are... see morewhen it comes to solving it. All the best! see less

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2. You should never put the first or last letter of a word on a separate line.

Explanation

It's awkward and incorrect according to Purdue OWL.

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3. All numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine must include a hyphen.

Explanation

Compound numbers in this range have hyphens.

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4. Using line breaks, which option shows all of the correct possibilities to split the word "difficult?"

Explanation

Diff-i-cult is correct because you split words between syllables.

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5. You would split the word mass-produced by putting "mass-" on one line and "produced" on the next line.

Explanation

Already hyphenated words are split at the hyphen.

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6. Select all of the correct uses of hyphenation.

Explanation

All but "shellike" are correct because they are single letters with words or they are a figure. Shelllike is incorrect because it is awkward and confusing to read.

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7. You split the word "planning" with line breaks by hyphenating it as "plann-ing."

Explanation

The hyphen goes between doubled consonants.

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8. Which is the correct version to say a bottle holding hot water?

Explanation

The first says the bottle is hot. The second is just incorrect. The third is correct because the water is hot, and the bottle is holding the water.

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9. Which is an incorrect use of adjectives with hyphens in relation to a noun?

Explanation

If the age is part of the phrase after a noun, it does not require a hyphen.

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10. Use hyphens for adjectives that come after a noun.

Explanation

You only use hyphens for adjectives that come before a noun.

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Hyphens can really change the meaning of a word (i.e. resign vs...
You should never put the first or last letter of a word on a separate...
All numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine must include a hyphen.
Using line breaks, which option shows all of the correct possibilities...
You would split the word mass-produced by putting "mass-" on...
Select all of the correct uses of hyphenation.
You split the word "planning" with line breaks by...
Which is the correct version to say a bottle holding hot water?
Which is an incorrect use of adjectives with hyphens in relation to a...
Use hyphens for adjectives that come after a noun.
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