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That being said, more end users are familiar with it. *Adapted from Time Magazine, 6 April 1992. Dashes or hyphens are the most recognized spaces in browsers and search engines like Google.

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To feed, clothe, and find shelter for the needy–these are real achievements.įor further information you may wish to take one of the following free grammar, style, and punctuation workshops offered by the Writing Center. Strauss favors–as does, sotto voce, the Administration–early admission of Russia to the International Monetary Fund.* Create emphasis Misuse of hyphens and dashes can obscure a writers meaning, especially if a hyphen is used in place of a dash, or can make the writing look visually cluttered. Smith of New Hampshire and Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts–agreed that the way to bring American audiences “out of their chairs” these days was simply to say, in Smith’s words, “We won the cold war, and we’re not going to send one dime in aid to Russia.”* Over a candlelit dinner last month at Spaso House, the ambassadorial residence in Moscow, Robert Strauss and his wife Helen listened as two Senators–Republican Robert C. To insert parenthetical commentary while emphasizing their importance (Parentheses tend to diminish the importance of what’s enclosed in them)

The exuberant–I should say lunatic–quality of his ravings electrified the crowd. I am under the impression that she has no instructions at all–and doesn’t need any.* There is an illness in many foreign services–the people in them are only good at following instructions.* To emphasize the contradiction between ideas Indicate sudden changes in tone or thought within a sentence Dashes, when used sparingly and correctly, can be used to make your writing sound more sophisticated.