Hyphens and prefixes

Hyphens can be used to separate a prefix from a name or date e.g. pre-Roman.

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Hyphens are used to connect words that come before a noun, often called compound adjectives.

An introduction to hyphens.

Hyphens with numbers to avoid ambiguity.

Hyphens can be used to join suffixes to other words.

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