1. By: Edwin Burrola Ashley Cabrera
Dash
By:
Edwin Burrola
Ashley Cabrera

2. A dash is used within a sentence to show a sudden break or shift in thought.
We use the dash when either the original thought or detour though is incomplete.

3. Em dashes
a dash is used to mark abrupt change of statement. “ It’s a lovely – oh look at that bird.”

4. A dash is used within a sentence to mark off a parenthetical expression or change of thought where the use of parentheses is wrong.
“Maybe a puppy – if I find one – will be my new pet.”
“if I find one” is a detour in thought that is where a dash is used, before and after.

5. En dashes These dashes are used to connect a range.
“for homework today, please read pages 30-60”
They are also used to connect a prefix to an open compound.’
“ex-vice president” or “post-Civil war”