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Writing Conventions Quick Check 1 of 51 of 5 Items Question Which sentence correctly uses hyphenation conventions?(1 point) Responses The contractor kept the load-bearing wall. The contractor kept the load-bearing wall. The boy made everyone laugh with his quick-wit. The boy made everyone laugh with his quick-wit. The two faced-woman was unliked by others. The two faced-woman was unliked by others. The smile appeared under the salt-and pepper mustache. The smile appeared under the salt-and pepper mustache. Skip to navigation

Answer 1

The sentence that correctly uses hyphenation conventions is:

The contractor kept the load-bearing wall.

Hyphens are correctly used in compound adjectives that precede a noun (e.g., "load-bearing").

The other options contain errors in hyphenation:

• "The boy made everyone laugh with his quick-wit." should be "quick wit" without the hyphen.
• "The two faced-woman was unliked by others." should be "two-faced woman" with a hyphen between "two" and "faced."
• "The smile appeared under the salt-and pepper mustache." should be "salt-and-pepper mustache" with a hyphen between "salt" and "pepper."