In which sentence does the hyphen correctly divide a word? A. The cold front will cause tomorrow's temperature to be cool- er than today's. B. The family stared in amazem- ent at the double rainbow. C. Please finish loading the dish- washer before leaving. D. We were tired after the exciting e- vent last night.
"C. Please finish loading the dish- washer before leaving" is the only sentence that uses a hyphen correctly, since hyphens are most often used to separate two words that could stand alone in other instances.
