Question

Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Check all that apply.

They are a happily-married couple.
Haruko has a part-time job.
We watched the quickly moving clouds.
Elias was well prepared for the exam.
A full grown horse is very heavy.

Answer 1

Correct: sentences 2, 3, and 4.

Brief reasons:
- 2. "Haruko has a part-time job." — part-time is a compound adjective before a noun, so the hyphen is correct.
- 3. "We watched the quickly moving clouds." — no hyphen needed because quickly is an -ly adverb modifying moving.
- 4. "Elias was well prepared for the exam." — predicate adjective after a linking verb is not hyphenated.

Fixes for the incorrect ones:
- 1. Should be "They are a happily married couple." (no hyphen with an -ly adverb)
- 5. Should be "A full-grown horse is very heavy." (compound adjective before a noun needs a hyphen)