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    English-2
    Grade-7
    Easy

    Question

    Which hyphen rule is demonstrated in this sentence?
    The Queen of England turned ninety-nine years old today.

    1. Compound numbers
    2. Compound adjective
    3. Prefix with the same letter as the root word
    4. Hyphen used to avoid confusion

    hintHint:

    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: Compound numbers

      The hyphenated word "ninety-nine" in the given sentence is expressing a number. Therefore the correct answer is option a.

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