1. Types of dashes

2. hyphen, en dash, em dash  Each has a different use  Set all three with no space before and after.

3. hyphen -  key on the keyboard  used for –hyphenate words –in phone numbers  if forced to create en or em dashes with hyphens, use 2 or 3 hyphens

4. en dash  middle length – about half an em dash  used to denote duration or separate number –8:00–5:00 –August 12–14 –pages 34–46 (as on a works cited page)

5. em dash  longest dash  used instead of parentheses to offset clauses where em dashes—like these—should be used instead  An em is a unit of measure equal to the point size you are using. With 10-point type, an em dash would be about 10 points

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