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The en dash rule that refer to periods of time
What is time ranges?
The first use of em dashes is sudden _____.
What is breaks?
The name of hyphen rule refers to numbers in written form
What is Numbers and Fractions?
Replace punctuation with EM-dashes:
I finalized my report, until it hit me, clear as day. I never realized (however obvious) that she could have done such horrendous things.
I finalized my report—until it hit me, clear as day. I never realized—however obvious—that she could have done such horrendous things.
The en dash should be written in between these two words in the following sentence.
The movie will release between Jan8 Mar10.
What is Jan8--Mar10?
Using proper en dash formatting, this is the correct way to display how long World War 1 was.
What is 1914--1918?
The hyphen or hyphens should be written in between these words.
The three year old walked to the ice cream shop
what is three-year-old and ice-cream?
The following sentence requires a hyphen or hyphens in between these two words.
The document was destroyed so I had to resign it.
What is re-sign?
The following sentence requires an em dash or em dashes in this spot.
The race which was 3 miles long was on a golf course
The race ---which was 3 miles long--- was on a golf course