A.
1. Use a hyphen when forming compound words, especially new ones.
2. Use a hyphen between the parts of two-digit numbers.
3. Use a hyphen between the words of complex noun modifiers.
4. Don’t use a hyphen in adverb–adjective–noun phrases.
5. Use a hyphen when writing out a prefix or suffix.
6. Use a hyphen to distinguish between ambiguous words and compounds.
7. Use an en dash to mean “versus” in a game or match.
8. Use an en dash for a range, especially a numeric one.
9. Use an en dash to show cause and effect, for example of a journey.
10. Use an en dash to show an equal partnership.
11. Use an em dash to show a sentence that is incomplete due to an interruption.
12. Use one or two em dashes to include extra information in a sentence when commas would be too weak and parentheses too strong.
B.
1. As: Yes, my mother — born here in the U.S. — stopped bleached flour. (significant details)
2. As: Yes, my mother — born here in the U.S. — stopped bleached flour. (significant details)
3. As: Yes, my mother — born here in the U.S. — stopped bleached flour. (significant details)
4. As: Yes, my mother — born here in the U.S. — stopped bleached flour. (significant details)
5. As: Yes, my mother — born here in the U.S. — stopped bleached flour. (significant details)
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