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Hyphens (-)

Hyphens (-). BoKyeong Kim . Xiang yi Sun. Ambarak Elatrash. Contents,. Compound words Compound adjectives Compound nouns Compound numbers/ fractions Attach some prefixes/ suffixes Divide words at the ends of lines. Compound words,. word + (-) + word = compound words.

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Hyphens (-)

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  1. Hyphens (-) BoKyeong Kim XiangyiSun AmbarakElatrash

  2. Contents, • Compound words • Compound adjectives • Compound nouns • Compound numbers/ fractions • Attach some prefixes/ suffixes • Divide words at the ends of lines

  3. Compound words, • word + (-) + word = compound words

  4. Compound adjectives, • adjective + (-) + noun → • noun + with + adjective • = A girl who has a blue eyes • = A girl with blue eyes • = A blue-eyed girl

  5. Compound nouns, • Noun + (-) + noun or, adjective + (-) + noun = compound nouns Ex) Air-condition • Please clean-up your room. (verb) • We suffered a break-down in communication (noun) • This site will require specialized clean-up procedures. (adjective)

  6. Compound numbers, • number + (-) + noun = compound number • 5-star hotel/ 20-dollar shirt • Used number fromtwenty-onethrough ninety-nine. • Fractions • Two-fifth = 2/5 • Five-eighth = 5/8

  7. Attach prefixes/ suffixes, • Prefixes • * self-/ un-/ all-/ dis- • Self-concept/ un-happy/ dis-advantage • Suffixes • -hood/ -ship • Child-hood/ mother-hood/ friend-ship Among prefixes, Self- used hyphens. Except Selfish/ selfness

  8. Divide words at the ends, • Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Most American dictionaries use this funct-ion, or hyphens may be used to indicate a word is being or should be spelled, such as “W-O-R-D spells word.” T I P ! ) We can use these ways, too! (emphasize)

  9. Now, we’re going to learn about hyphen’s 8 rules!

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