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Dashes

English Grammar Punctuation Dashes

Questions

  • What is the importance of - (dash)?
  • When do you know when to use parenthesis versus a dash? Or is the dash called a hyphen? What's the difference?
  • Why do people use dashes (-) in novels? What are their purpose?
  • What is an en dash vs an em dash?

Punctuation

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  • Periods
  • Commas
  • Semicolons
  • Colons
  • Quotation Marks
  • Parentheses and Brackets
  • Apostrophes
  • Hyphens
  • Dashes
  • Ellipses
  • Question Marks
  • Exclamation Points
  • Other Punctuation
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