hyphens & dashes

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Hyphens & DashesHow to use them and the difference between them.

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The difference between Hyphens and Dashes

When to use Hyphens

When to use Dashes

How to make a Dash

The Difference Between Hyphens and Dashes

Hyphens

(-) The purpose of using Hyphens is to connect two relevant words or more, in order to show they are a single entity.

Dashes

(--) a Dash can be used to indicted an interruption or emphasis in a sentence, furthermore its used to connect numbers.

The Difference Between Hyphens and Dashes (Examples)

Hyphens

Compound Adjectives

free-range eggs

Compound Nouns

do-it-yourself

Prefix

re-enact

Dashes

Time and Dates

The project will be delivered January—June.

Compound Adjectives with equal parts.

The India—Pakistan issue.

Hyphens

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