Hyphen Test

Which one is correct?

• Use a hyphen when you improvise compound words.

• Don't use a hyphen when you improvise compound words.

Which one is correct?

• My brother-in law is hilarious.

• My brother-in-law is hilarious.

• My brother in-law is hilarious.

• My brother in law is hilarious.

Which one is correct?

• (Use the hyphen to separate a

  prefix from a proper noun.)

• (Don't use the hyphen to separate a

  prefix from a proper noun.)

Which one is incorrect?

• anti-French

• pro-Israeli

• ultra-Communist

• un-president

Which one is incorrect?

• Use a hyphen to unify most compounds having brother, father, mother, sister, etc. as the first

  element.

• Don't use a hyphen to unify most compounds having brother, father, mother, sister, etc. as the first

  element.

Which one is incorrect?

• brother-workers

• mother tongue

• father-in-law

Which one is incorrect?

• Use a hyphen between a numbered figure and its unit of measurement, or for clarity in

  compound modifiers.

• Use a hyphen in fractions if they are written out, but don't omit the hyphen if one already appears in either the numerator or the denominator.

• Use a hyphen between the parts of compound numerals from twenty-one to ninety-nine.

Which one is incorrect?

• twenty-five-sixths

• twenty-five sixths

Which one is incorrect?

• fifty-five

• thirty-eight

• eleven-five

Which one is correct?

• family owned business

• sister-cities

• 500-milligram dose

• 5-yard gain