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    Use dashes to denote an abrupt change in thought in a sentence or an emphatic pause. Use a dash before an author's or composer's name at the end of a quotation. Hyphens are joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words.

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    Use dashes to denote an abrupt change in thought in a sentence or an emphatic pause. Use a dash before an author's or composer's name at the end of a quotation. Hyphens are joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words.

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    Use dashes to denote an abrupt change in thought in a sentence or an emphatic pause. Use a dash before an author's or composer's name at the end of a quotation. Hyphens are joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words.

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    STUDENT MEDIA

    Editing Problematic Punctuation

    THE DASH
    ABRUPT CHANGE: Use dashes to denote an abrupt change in thought in a sentence or an emphatic pause: We will fly to Austin in May if the convention isnt cancelled. Fox offered a plan it was unprecedented to raise revenues. SERIES WITHIN A PHRASE: When a phrase that otherwise would be set off by commans contains a series of words that must be separated by commas, use dashes to set off the full phrase: He listed the budget items advertising, sales and fundraisers that would be in next years budget. ATTRIBUTION: Use a dash before an authors or composers name at the end of a quotation: Who steals my purse steals trash. Shakespeare.

    DONT CONFUSE THEM: EM dash EN dash Hyphen Option + Shift + hyphen Option + hyphen hyphen

    Technically, there is only one dash, the EM dash. However, for design reasons, many people use the EN dash. Put a space on BOTH SIDES of the dash. NEVER use a hyphen when a dash is called for.

    THE HYPHEN
    AVOID AMBIGUITY: Hyphens are joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words: The restaurant was famous for its man-eating shark. (As opposed to a man eating shark.) There are numerous other uses for the hyphen. Check the AP Stylebook.

    JANUARY 2004 BRADLEY WILSON

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