Practice Questions

The en dash is used to show a relationship or distance (e.g., New York–London flight).

'Sad' is a simple adjective and doesn't need a hyphen to modify 'boy'.

Em dashes are used for interjections.

A semicolon connects independent clauses (not an em dash, though em dashes can sometimes follow them).

'Father-in-law' is a fixed compound noun.

Compound adjectives describing quantity use a hyphen.

Some prefixes (re-) take hyphens to clarify pronunciation.

En dashes (–) indicate 'to' or 'through' in ranges.

Both commas and em dashes can set off non-restrictive appositives, but em dashes provide more emphasis.

Colons are used for ratios, not hyphens or dashes.