A hyphen ( - ) is used to link parts of a compound word. This includes most dual heritages (Mexican-American), and all words in a compound modifier except "very" and adverbs that end in "ly." (The ...

Could mean bad times for Brain. However with a hyphen…we can make the meaning clearer. Dashes on the other hand are used to separate out bits of information in a sentence. This is a type of ...