Hyphen

A hyphen is used to join two words that work together.

To Join Compound Nouns and Adjectives

Athens and Sparta were city-states.

I got a first-place trophy!

Some compound adjectives include many words.

I am a soon-to-be superstar, not just a run-of-the-mill third grader.

Use a hyphen between the numbers in fractions written as words.

We watched two-thirds of the episode before bedtime.

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