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What's the difference between a hyphen and a dash? How do you know when to use one or the other of these punctuation marks?
A hyphen is a short, single-character line which connects word parts.
The hyphen serves two primary functions:
- to divide words that split at the end of a line
- to join word parts into a single word.
A dash is a longer line---double the length of a hyphen---which indicates a break or an interruption in the thought.
Dashes are used to set off part of a sentence. Unlike parentheses, which tend to minimize, dashes tend to emphasize the set-off text.
Using these punctuation marks correctly will help you make your meaning clear to your readers. In the next few screens, we'll look at each of these marks individually to see how they are used
What else can I help you with?
Why doesn't Word change dashes to hyphens?
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.
What If you type three hyphens then press the ENTER key?
It changes the hyphens into end dashes.
If you type three hyphens then press the enter key what happens?
It changes the hyphens into end dashes.
Typing text followed by two hyphens followed by more text and then a space changes the two hyphens to?
If you are referring to the automatic replacement that occurs in Microsoft Word, the two dashes change to what is called an em dash.
Which sentence uses hyphens and dashes correctly?
Each tent can shelter 2-4 people - if you don't mind cramped quarters.
Where would the commas or dashes or hyphens or parenthesis go in this sentence The drawings for the tools in most if not all of the workcells are incomplete.?
The drawings for the tools in most, if not all, of the workcells are incomplete.
What do the black dots and dashes between states represent?
The black dots and dashes between states on a map represents the state boundaries. The dots and dashes are used to outline the state.
Is a dash used in the word nonresponsive?
Move to strike that last comment as non responsive.
Do you put hyphens between the words in the phrase end of the?
between the word
Are there hyphens between fifty-yard dash?
Yes
How you will write hifen?
To write a hyphen, use the keyboard character located between the number zero and the equal sign on most keyboards. It is typically represented as a short horizontal line (-). Hyphens are used to join words or parts of words, such as in compound adjectives (e.g., "well-known") and to separate syllables of a single word at the end of a line. Make sure not to confuse hyphens with dashes, which are longer and serve different grammatical purposes.
What is the answer to the May 16 2010 Wheel of Fortune bonus or final puzzle?
This was a Sunday, with only regional reruns if any. The Saturday rerun answer was "Hyphens and Dashes" The answer on Friday May 14, 2010 bonus puzzle was "Voice of Experience".
