Use hyphens to
A) create compound adjectives that appear before the noun, such as copper-colored coin.
B) for numbers in a fraction or for compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.
C) to show that two or more words share a common element included in only the final term, such as small-, medium-, and large-sized shirts.
D) all of the above

Question

Use hyphens to
A) create compound adjectives that appear before the noun, such as copper-colored coin.
B) for numbers in a fraction or for compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.
C) to show that two or more words share a common element included in only the final term, such as small-, medium-, and large-sized shirts.
D) all of the above

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

All of the given options are correct uses of hyphens.

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