0 the use of the symbol -, joining two words or two parts of a word:
the rules of hyphenation
Differences in hyphenation can result from differences in pronunciation.
The production calls itself a "mystery-comedy", and the hyphenation doesn't end there: it also adds "melodrama-farce".
Bad hyphenation is inexcusable in a book of this kind.
The problem could have been a spelling error, hyphenation problem, or transposed number.
No matter the clumsiness of hyphenation, her sons would have both her name and her husband's.