Posted by trish on Nov 25, 2012 in Blog | 2 comments
The en dash is a small dash:
-
The em dash is a long dash:
—
I’m still learning how to use them, when to use which, and so on. I’ll let you know when I figure it out.
En dash to separate a range of numbers Em dash is a parenthetical device
Trish, my former boss Karen taught me the difference between these two a few years back and it made so much sense. Do you think I can now remember what it was? The pitfalls of not writing or editing a magazine any more. Now its got me all curious….
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En dash to separate a range of numbers
Em dash is a parenthetical device
Trish, my former boss Karen taught me the difference between these two a few years back and it made so much sense. Do you think I can now remember what it was? The pitfalls of not writing or editing a magazine any more. Now its got me all curious….