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To make an em dash, you just type in two hyphens with spaces before and after -- the word processor will change it into a "long dash."
When text is followed by two hyphens and then a space, the two hyphens are often changed to an em dash (—) in some word processing programs and websites with automatic formatting. It is used to indicate a break in thought or emphasize a statement within a sentence.
If you are referring to the automatic replacement that occurs in Microsoft Word, the two dashes change to what is called an em dash.
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A single dash that is used to connect words to create a compound word.
Check your keyboard it's between the number zero and the plus symbol at the top right of the regular 105+ US keyboard. This is a hyphen and not a dash. If you use the hyphen key, you must use it twice to make a dash, but this still is not a dash as there is a space between the two hyphens. There are two types of dashes. The en dash and the em dash. The en dash is bigger than a hyphen, but smaller than a em dash. The em dash is what most would want to use. The way to type is as follows: en dash - hold down the "alt" key and type 0150. em dash - hold down the "alt" key and type 0151 - Note the dash used in each of the instructions. The first is an en dash, and the second is an em dash. The character beneath them is a hyphen.
It changes the hyphens into end dashes.
It changes the hyphens into end dashes.
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Because hyphens are dashes. Word changes double dashes into em dashes (the long dashes) automatically if there is a space before and after the double dash.
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