Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen?
a. I have been many places-but I have never been to Europe.
b. Tom's grand-mother baked a dozen cookies.
c. The dog some-how found his way back home.
d. Ann's birthday is in mid-September.
The sentence that correctly uses the hyphen is D, "Ann's birthday is in mid-September.
It is common to use hyphens before prefixes, such as mid. Other examples of prefixes include self, ex, and pre. The other examples incorrectly use the hyphen.
