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Which sentence is the hypen used correctly?
1. Molly- my beagle- loves to fun in the field.
2. She wore her hair in a closely-cropped style.
3. Jan's house was painted light-blue
4. We stayed at a first- class hotel.
I picked light-blue
Unless you remove the space after "first-" none of these is correct.
#1 needs dashes, not hyphens
#2 doesn't need a hyphen between an adverb and the adjective it modifies
#3 doesn't need a hyphen between an adjective and the noun it modifies
#4 would be correct IF the space before the word "class" were deleted.
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To determine whether the hyphen is used correctly in each sentence, let's analyze each option:
1. "Molly- my beagle- loves to fun in the field." - This sentence does not use the hyphen correctly. The hyphens should only be used when indicating a compound modifier or joining two words together.
2. "She wore her hair in a closely-cropped style." - This sentence uses the hyphen correctly. "Closely-cropped" is a compound modifier describing the style of her hair.
3. "Jan's house was painted light-blue." - This option uses a hyphen incorrectly. When describing a color, a hyphen is not necessary. The correct form would be "light blue."
4. "We stayed at a first- class hotel." - This sentence does not use the hyphen correctly. In this case, a hyphen should be used between "first" and "class" to create the compound modifier "first-class" hotel.
Based on the analysis, you are correct. The sentence with the hyphen used correctly is the second option: "She wore her hair in a closely-cropped style."