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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Use a hyphen .. (Please check and correct me)

Use a hyphen to connect the correct words together:

The girl was heart broken with the news.
The girl was heart-broken with the news.

Stewart broke his mum’s expensive vase. He realized he could be very heavy handed at times.
Stewart broke his mum’s expensive vase. He realized he could be very heavy-handed at times.

In certain situations you need to be thick skinned. This means that you do not let things get to you.
In certain situations you need to be thick-skinned. This means that you do not let things get to you.

Charlotte realized that she was driving down a one way street.
Charlotte realized that she was driving down a one-way street.

Tommy’s nan celebrated her eighty second birthday yesterday.
Tommy’s nan celebrated her eighty-second birthday yesterday.
  

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