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Communication Skills-II

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Example: Thirty-one, seventy-nine, forty-five, sixty-nine, ninety-two, etc.
In written fractions, we place a hyphen between the numerator and denominator.

Example: Four-fifths, one-fourth, two-tenth, eight-hundredth, etc.
However, if there is already a hyphen in either the numerator or the denominator, you omit the
hyphen between the numerator and denominator.

Example: Sixty-nine eighty-ninths (not ‘sixty-nine-eighty-ninths’)
twenty-two thirty-thirds
Use a hyphen when the number forms part of an adjectival compound:

Example: India has a 40-hour working week.
Ram won the 100-metre race.
Rabindranath Tagore was a great twentieth-century poet.

Hyphens Joining Prefixes to Other Words

Hyphens can also be used to join a prefix to another word, especially in case when the prefix ends
in a vowel and the other word also begins with one.

Example: Pre-emptive, co-operate, etc.

However, this use is less common these days as one-word forms are becoming more usual (e.g.
prearrange or cooperate).
We also use a hyphen to separate a prefix from a name or date.

Example: Post-Freudian, pre-1800, etc.

11.2.6 inverted commas

Inverted commas can be single (‘abc’) or double (‘’abc‘’). They are also known as quotation marks,
speech marks, or quotes.

Use inverted commas:
1. To mark the beginning and end of direct speech (i.e. a speaker’s words written down
exactly as they were spoken):

Example: 1. ‘India,’ he said, ‘is a great place to live.’
2. ‘When are the exams starting?’ she asked.
2. To mark off a word or phrase that’s being discussed, or that’s being directly quoted from
somewhere else:

Example: 1. Rome is also known as the ‘the city of seven hills’.

2. How do you define ‘direct channel’?

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