Choose the correct sentence with proper hyphen mark from each of the following:

You must let- down your guard.
You must let, down your guard.
You must let: down your guard.
You must let? down your guard.

hint Hint:

A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark that’s used to join words or parts of words. Look at the hyphenated word and focus on what it is expressing.

The correct answer is: You must let- down your guard.

From the given options, option a is the only one with a hyphenated word and that hyphenated word is two words put together with a hyphen to function like a participle. Thus option a is the correct answer.

A participle is a form of a verb used as either an adjective or a part of certain tenses.

Choose the correct sentence with proper hyphen mark from each of the following:

Generally, you need the hyphen only if the two or more words are functioning together as an adjective before the noun they’re describing. If the noun comes first, leave the hyphen out.

Choose the correct sentence with proper hyphen mark from each of the following:

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Generally, you need the hyphen only if the two or more words are functioning together as an adjective before the noun they’re describing. If the noun comes first, leave the hyphen out.

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