“She is a well known author. He had a long term commitment. A twenty five year old man.”
Grammar Entry 207 / 1011 60-second read
Hyphenation Rules
Use hyphens correctly in compound words and phrases.
The comparisoni
“She is a well-known author. He had a long-term commitment. A twenty-five-year-old man.”
The ruleii
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Use hyphens in compound adjectives before nouns: well-known author, long-term goal.
Proper hyphenation clarifies meaning and follows style conventions.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Use hyphens in compound adjectives before nouns: well-known author, long-term goal.