Ampersands [&]

Apostrophes

Colons

Dashes and Hyphens

Ellipses

Exclamation Points

Quotation Marks

Hyphens

Hyphens are joiners. Use them to join two words to make one, or to avoid ambiguity. Do not use them between compound modifiers that begin with an 'ly' word.

Incorrect:

The highly-respected journalist was found to have Nazi ties.

Correct:

Other than the well-dressed customers, the store was empty.