Do not use a hyphen in place of "to" or "through," except in dates. A dash is expressed as an "em dash" ( — ) in printing, is expressed in plain text as two hyphens ( -- ) and is used in place of a ...

Short dashes often replace hyphens to prevent confusion and have the following roles: Long dashes (—) are more commonly called "em" dashes, because they are the length of the letter "m." These longer ...

Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us how to properly use ellipses, em dashes, and parentheses. FULL TRANSCRIPT: The default, typically, when we’re using ...

Could mean bad times for Brain. However with a hyphen…we can make the meaning clearer. Dashes on the other hand are used to separate out bits of information in a sentence. This is a type of ...