200 English Grammar Mistakes!: A workbook of Common Grammar and Punctuation Errors with Examples, Exercises and Solutions So You Never Make Them Again

handsome-looking 
man.
It was a 
record-breaking
experience in my family to be the
first to meet the president.
Hyphenate when you have adverbs used as compound sentences in front of a
noun.
Incorrect: 
A 
well known
record about the indicted artist was banned last
week.
The 
long awaited
engagement took place last week.
Correct: 
A 
well-known
record about the indicted artist was banned last
week.
The 
long-awaited
engagement took place last week.
Ensure you hyphenate words that state fractions of numbers and compound
numbers like twenty-one and so on.
Incorrect: To bake a cake, you need 
one fifth
of a tin of milk.
I will be 
twenty four
on July fourth.

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Correct: 
To bake a cake, you need 
one-fifth
of a tin of milk.
I will be twenty-four on July fourth.
Dash (–)
Dashes are interesting and rare punctuation marks in English grammar. The
difference between a dash and hyphen is in the “length.” A dash is typically
longer than hyphen. And another outstanding difference is that, while a
hyphen helps separate compound words, a dash is mostly used to
complement an already existing sentence with another related sentence.
For example, 
using a dash for open compound words
, you can have, “a
primary school 
– 
secondary debate competition.”
You can use a dash to state the time frame of an event, e.g., “The historic
incident occurred during the years 1990 
– 
2030.”
Also, use a dash to elaborate more on your sentence only in a conversational
style of writing, e.g., “The Ruger 57 pistol has the fantastic features of the 5.7
round such as flat shooting and soft clicking