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A hyphen is a punctuation mark used to connect words or parts of words. It is distinct from an en dash and an em dash, which are longer and have different uses. The hyphen typically has a length of about one-quarter to one-half of an em dash.
One common use of the hyphen is to create compound words. This can involve joining two or
Hyphens are also employed to indicate a break in a word at the end of a line,
In some contexts, hyphens are used to form compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine. They also appear