English Grammar Rules & Mistakes: Learn All of the Essentials: Writing, Speaking, Literature and Punctuation Rules Complete with 10 Key Skills and Over 200 Common Error Examples

handsome-looking man.
It was a record-breaking experience in my family to be
the first to meet the president.
Hyphenate when you have adverbs used as compound sentences in front of a
noun.
Incorrect: 
A well known record about the indicted artist was banned last
week.
The long awaited engagement took place last week.
Correct: 
A well-known record about the indicted artist was banned last
week.
The long-awaited engagement took place last week.
Ensure you hyphenate words that state fractions of numbers and compound
numbers like twenty-one and so on.
Incorrect: To bake a cake, you need one fifth of a tin of milk.
I will be twenty four on July fourth.
Correct: 
To bake a cake, you need one-fifth of a tin of milk.
I will be twenty-four on July fourth.
Dash (–)
Dashes are interesting and rare punctuation marks in English grammar. The
difference between a dash and hyphen is in the “length.” A dash is typically
longer than hyphen. And another outstanding difference is that, while a
hyphen helps separate compound words, a dash is mostly used to
complement an already existing sentence with another related sentence.
For example, using a dash for open compound words, you can have, “a
primary school – secondary debate competition.”
You can use a dash to state the time frame of an event, e.g., “The historic
incident occurred during the years 1990 – 2030.”

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Also, use a dash to elaborate more on your sentence only in a conversational
style of writing, e.g., “The Ruger 57 pistol has the fantastic features of the 5.7
round such as flat shooting and soft clicking – enabling you to shoot multiple
rounds at targeted positions.”
Remember; consistency is the key to remembering the rules and how to