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Note that there should be no space immediately before a
question mark.
A hyphen is a very short horizontal line between words.
Note that there is no space between a hyphen and the character
on either side of it.
Do not confuse a hyphen with a dash, which is longer.
The rules about hyphens are not fixed. The points below are
guidelines rather than rules.
1. Use a hyphen to join words to show that their meaning is
linked in some way: cable-tool drillers, hand-powered rotating bits
2. Use a hyphen to make compound modifiers before nouns:
a blue-eyed boy (but The boy was blue eyed.)
3. Use a hyphen with certain prefixes. The prefixes all-, ex-,
and self- usually need a hyphen:
all-inclusive
ex-wife
self-control
When a prefix comes before a capitalized word, use a hyphen:
non-English
4. Use a hyphen when writing numbers 21 to 99, and fractions:
twenty-one
one hundred and sixty-five
two-thirds
5. Use a hyphen to show that a word has been broken at the
end of a line
6. Use a hyphen with "suspended compounds". When we use
several very similar compounds together, it may not be necessary to
repeat the last part of the compound:
They need to employ more full- and part-time staff. (not They
need to employ more full-time and part-time staff.)
The slash (/) is also known as: forward slash, stroke, oblique.
You should use the slash with care in formal writing.
1. A slash is often used to indicate "or":

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