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Dashes Hyphens and Slashes
Dashes are used to stress a certain point or to indicate an interruption in thought. Hyphens are used to separate a single word’s syllables or to join words. Slashes are commonly used in dates, fractions and to indicate “or”.
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What are some words that have dashes in between?
kitty-cat puppy-dog old-fashioned state-of-the-art spine-chilling one-off first-rate well-known far-off out-of-the-way far-flung hair-raisng
Do you leave one space before or after a hyphen?
When hyphenating a word there should be no spaces between the first and second parts of the word.
The term "stepfather" is typically written as a single, unhyphenated word. In general, compound words that refer to familial relationships, like "stepmother" or "stepbrother," are also not hyphenated. However, if you are using "step" as an adjective before "father" (e.g., "my step father figure"), it can be hyphenated to clarify the relationship.
Why is there a hyphen between sought-after?
Because it is a compound adjective used to modify a noun. You're indicating that "the component words have a combined meaning."
How do you do a backwards slash?
Since the backwards slash is the prefix of an escape character, in order to encode a backwards slash in a constant, simply use two of them.
char backslash = '\\';
If you need to know where it is look under the backspace key : ) // \\
