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Alex John Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

When do we use dash mark between words?

When do we use dash mark (- or __) between words? please give some examples
  

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Alex John (- or __) Those are two entirely different kinds of marks. The first is a hyphen and is used t o link words and parts of words. com/words/hyphen The second is an underline or underscore , which is used to identify book titles and other major works or to emphasize words in informal text.

— Mister Micawber

  • Alex John (- or __) Those are two entirely different kinds of marks.
  • The first is a hyphen and is used t o link words and parts of words.
  • com/words/hyphen The second is an underline or underscore , which is used to identify book titles and other major works or to emphasize words in informal text.
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Alex John (- or __)
Those are two entirely different kinds of marks.

The first is a hyphen and is used to link words and parts of words. There are three main cases where you should use them:

in compound words
to join prefixes to other words
to show word breaks

See here:
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Alex John When do we use dash mark (- or __) between words? please give some examples
The symbol _ is not used between words in ordinary English. It can be used to separate words in special contexts where spaces are disallowed, such as variable names in computer programs, URLs, etc.
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