HYPHEN (Dash)

Study the following sentences:

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• There is now computer-controlled plastic surgery.
• Life is a never-ending circuit.

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The hyphen brings two or more words together into a single compound word. It is mostly used:

1. To separate the parts of many compound words.

Brother -in -law                              go-between

2. To join two or more words used as a single adjective modifier before a noun.

First-class service                           Bluish-gray eyes