diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index df1c520..0cf49d7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark used to join words (e.g. in "thirty-year-old piano") as compound modifiers, and sometimes to separate syllables of a single word (e.g. "re-educate") to either avoid ambiguity or separate two parts of a single word across a line break. Conventions do vary by style guide. - -The hyphen should not be confused the minus sign (−); with an en-dash (–), or an em-dash (—); or with the horizontal bar (―), which can vary in length. +A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark used to join words (e.g. in "thirty-year-old piano") as compound modifiers, and sometimes to separate syllables of a single word (e.g. "re-educate"), to either avoid ambiguity or separate two parts of a single word across a line break. Conventions do vary by style guide. +The hyphen should not be confused the minus sign (−); with an en-dash (–), or an em-dash (—); or with the horizontal bar (―), which can vary in length. \ No newline at end of file