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Tham khảo tài liệu 'how to writing well_9', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | CHAPTER 19 - A CONCISE GUIDE TO PUNCTUATION 515 Examples mother-in-law president-elect runner-up good-for-nothing twenty-one Compound words made from combining verb forms are frequently hyphenated The psychiatrist insisted his birthday presents be shrink-wrapped. 4. Some words with prefixes use a hyphen again check your dictionary if necessary. Examples all-American ex-wi fe self-esteem non-English 5. Use a hyphen to mark the separation of syHables when yyu divide a word at the end oil a 1 me. Do doodd ide ooe-syllable Whod didd n teere ooe o o two letters at the end of a line. In most dictionaries dots are used to indicate the division of syllables va ca aĩon. Examples In your essays you should aioid using fragment sentences. Did your father try to help you with your homework 19 UNDERLINING P 1. Underline or place quotation marks around a word phrase or letter used as the subject of discussion. Whether you underline or use quotation marks always be consistent. See also pages 509-510. Examples No matter how I spell offered it always looks wrong. Is your middle initial X or Y Her use of such words as drabibleakiandmustygive thepoema somber tone. In some printed matter words that might otherwise be underlined are presented in italics She had just finished reading The Great Gatsby. 516 PART FOUR-A CONCISE HANDBOOK 2. Underline the title of books magazines newspapers movies works of art televisirn programs brut use quotation marks for individual episodde airplanes trains and ships. Examples Mrby Dick The Reader s Digest Texarkana Gazette Grne with the Wind Mrna Lisa 60 Minutes Spirit rf St. Lruis Queen Mary Exceptions Dr nrt underline the Bible rr the titles rf legal documents including the United States Crnstitutirn rr the name rf yrur rwn essay when it appears rn yrur title page. Dr nrt underline the city in a newspaper title unless the city s name is actually part rf the newspaper s title. 3. Underline frreign wrrds that are nrt crmmrnly regarded as part rf the .