El consumo de apóstrofo y el guión
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Plurals
14p.Use an apostrophe and an s to form the plurals of all lower-case letters, of some capital letters, of numeral, of symbols, and of words referred to as words.
Examples:
1. two boys' hats two women's hats
2. two actresses' hats
3. two children's hats
4. the Changs' house
Note. To form the plurals of abbreviation that end with a period add an apostopge and an s.
Examples
1. Ph.D’s
2. M.A.’s
To form the plurals of abbreviations not followed by periods, add either and apostrophe and an s or just s.
1. CD’s or CDS
2. VCR’s or VCRs
Hyphens
14q.Use a hyphen to divide a word at the end of a line.
Examples:
1. Alicia chose to write her report about the pli-
ght of the homeless.
2. Isn’t Ethan running for student council presi-
dent this year?
3. Marcel is in charge of buying all the mate-
rials for the project.
When dividing a word at the end of a line, remember the following rules.
• Do not divide a one syllable word.
• Divide a word only between syllables
• Divide an already hyphenated word at the hyphen
• Do not divide a word so that one letter stands alone
14r.Use a hyphen with a compound number form twenty-one to ninety-one and with fractions used as modifiers.
Examples:
1. Forty-two applicants
2. About three-fourths empty
3. A two-thirds majority
14s.Hyphenate a compound adjective when it precedes the word it modifies.
Examples:
1. A well- liked author
2. A world-renewed composer
3. The less-appreciated services
14t. Use a hyphen with the prefixes ex-, self-, all-, and great-; with the suffixes –elect and –free; and with all the prefixes before a proper noun or proper adjective.
Examples:
1. Ex-mayor
2. Self-control
3. All-star
4. Great-grandson
14.u Use hyphen to prevent confusion or awkwardness.
Examples:
1. Re-collect
2. De-icer
3. Re-wind
Dashes
Sometimes a word, phrase, or sentence is used parenthetically; that is, it breaks into the man thought
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