Posts Tagged ‘ dashes ’

Em Dash - Getting horizonal

Aug 18th, 2008 | By John Roach | Category: Grammar

The em dash, sometimes referred to as simply a dash, is one of the most versatile punctuation marks we have in the English language. It looks like this:

You can enter it by typing ALT + 0151 (hold down ALT, type 0151, and release); many word processors will insert it if you type two hypens back [...]



En Dash – What, you’ve never heard of it?

Aug 15th, 2008 | By John Roach | Category: Grammar

The en dash replaces the word to in numerical phrases



The Hyphen – How to use it and why

Aug 13th, 2008 | By John Roach | Category: Grammar

Everyone knows how to use hyphens, right? No. In fact, there’s not even a good grammar rule about their usage, much less a general consensus.