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Is hyphen is a dash

Updated: 12/16/2022
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No, a hyphen connects words woth more than one syllable, or #s { thirty-four}

A dash is {-} (pretty much the same thing) BUT!! it seperates trace of thaught, like a question exp.. Many desighers have perfumes -do you wear perfume- as well as clothes, make sense?!

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