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Dashes and hyphens - Microsoft Style Guide |
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09/8/2019 |
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Dashes and hyphens aren't interchangeable. Follow these guidelines to help you use them the right way, in the right places.
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Em dashes. Use to set off or emphasize parenthetical phrases.
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En dashes. Use in ranges of numbers and dates, in negative numbers, and as a minus sign. Use to connect compound modifiers under specific conditions.
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Hyphens. Use to join words and connect prefixes to stem words. Don't use two hyphens in place of an em dash.