How to Use Hyphens to Connect Words

Khan Academy

This educational video provides a clear and engaging overview of how to properly use hyphens in English grammar. Hosted by David and Paige, the lesson distinguishes the hyphen from the longer dash, explaining their different functions—specifically that hyphens join words while dashes separate ideas. Through visual examples written on a blackboard, the hosts demonstrate how hyphens combine two words into a single concept, such as "yellow-green," and contrast this with sentences where a dash acts more like a semicolon.