![]() “I can’t believe how pedantic Ken is about writing-doesn’t he have anything better to do?” Separates an inserted thought or clause from the main clause, such as:.“Sometimes writing for money-rather than for art or pleasure-is really quite enjoyable.” Works better than commas to set apart a unique idea from the main clause of a sentence:.There’s a lot more you can do with the en dash – read more below under “break the rules”.Joins words that describe a range, like “July–October 2010”.The hyphen does not indicate a range of numbers, like a date range, which is the job of an en dash.Connects grouped numbers, like a phone number 55.Connects compounded words like “mass-produced” (Closed compound words like counterintuitive have no hyphen in modern English, except for uncommon combinations that are confusing or ambiguous without a hyphen.). ![]()
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