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The hyphen is both an element and a punctuation mark.

As punctuation, the hyphen is used to join adjectives that modify a noun: fast-talking girl

it is used to separate the elements of a spelled word: s-c-i-o-n

You will see it used in place of a comma - but I don't like it.

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