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Scarf red 164 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Hyphen
Can I use hyphen and continue the word if I cannot write a complete word in one line? For example,
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scarf red 164 Can I use hyphen and continue the word if I cannot write a complete word in one line? No. Leave that to the editor.
- scarf red 164 Can I use hyphen and continue the word if I cannot write a complete word in one line?
- No.
- Leave that to the editor.
- An author's manuscript has no divided words.
- That said, there are rules for hyphens, just like everything else, and you have to use whatever set of rules is demanded, but in general, the place to divide a word is where the dictionary has divided it.
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scarf red 164Can I use hyphen and continue the word if I cannot write a complete word in one line?
No. Leave that to the editor. An author's manuscript has no divided words. That said, there are rules for hyphens, just like everything else, and you have to use whatever set of rules is demanded, but in general, the place to divide a word is where the diction
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