The en dash is used inconsistently within lots of writing – regardless of how 'professional' the writers are. The hyphen, em dash and en dash are everywhere, but most of us don’t know when or why to …
Type an n-dash or m-dash on a tablet, iPhone or Android phone
Punctuation on a smartphone is a problem sometimes. As a result, many people almost give up on punctuation when they use Twitter and other online tools that are most often used from a mobile …
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The difference between a dash and a minus sign
A reader asked about the difference between a minus symbol and an N-dash (thanks Tem). I had to do a bit of homework on this. Unicode (the standard for electronically encoding text information) …
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Insert an n-dash or m-dash on a web page or blog
After writing about the n-dash and m-dash, I was surprised to find this is a very popular topic. A reader asked for details about how to insert an n-dash or m-dash on a web page or blog. It is …
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Quickly insert an n-dash or m-dash in Microsoft Word
After writing about how the n-dash and m-dash are used, I thought I should add something about how to insert the n-dash and m-dash quickly in Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word can create the n-dash …
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