When writing fractions as words, a hyphen should be applied. For example, "two-thirds" and "five-eighths" are correctly hyphenated. Other options like quotation marks, parentheses, capitalization, italics, and apostrophes are generally not used for written fractions in standard usage.
What should be applied to fractions when written as words?
apostrophe
quotation marks
parentheses
capitalization
hyphen
italics
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