Which sentence correctly uses hyphenation conventions?(1 point)

Question

Responses

The boy made everyone laugh with his quick-wit.
The boy made everyone laugh with his quick-wit.

The contractor kept the load-bearing wall.
The contractor kept the load-bearing wall.

The smile appeared under the salt-and pepper mustache.
The smile appeared under the salt-and pepper mustache.

The two faced-woman was unliked by others.

Answer 1

The sentence that correctly uses hyphenation conventions is:

"The contractor kept the load-bearing wall."

This sentence correctly hyphenates "load-bearing," which is a compound adjective describing the wall.