Question

Which of the following examples should NOT be hyphenated?

Please type A, B, C or D in the answer box. Please do not add any brackets or punctuation after the letter.

A) He is a good-looking man.
B) Did you hear the long-winded explanation?
C) It's a family-owned business.
D) He's in a state of-happiness.

Answer 1

The answer is :
D) He's in a state of-happiness

Answer 2

Answer :

This question is based on punctuation.

Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'punctuation' as 'special marks that are placed in a text to show the divisions between phrases and sentences, or the use of these marks.'

Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'hyphen' as 'the mark (-) used in writing to join two words together, or between the syllables of a word when it is divided at the end of a line of text.'

The following sentence is not correctly hyphenated :

D) He's in a state of-happiness.