Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:
(Line 1) Because some members of the ballet company were absent, the dir
(Line 2) ector decided to re pair the dancers and perform the show.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. Because some members of the ballet company were absent, the dir-
  ector decided to re-pair the dancers and perform the show.
• C. Because some members of the ballet company were absent, the dir
  ector decided to re-pair the dancers and perform the show.
• D. Because some members of the ballet company were absent, the dir-
  ector decided to repair the dancers and perform the show.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Because some members of the ballet company were absent, the dir-

ector decided to re-pair the dancers and perform the show.

When flowing text, it is sometimes preferable to break a word in half so that it continues on another line rather than moving the entire word to the next line.

The word may be divided at the nearest break point between syllables, and a hyphen inserted to indicate that the letters form a word fragment, rather than a full word.

Compound words are connected using en dash.

According to the following rules, the correct form of writing the sentence is, as given in Option B.