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Dash v. Hyphens

Dash v. Hyphens. Nathan Luyando. Dash. A punctuation mark with various functions. Often mistaken for a hyphen or minus sign. Different Types of Dashes. Figure Dash(-) En Dash(–) Em Dash(—). Figure Dash. Named because of it’s size, most fonts it is the size as a digit.

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Dash v. Hyphens

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  1. Dash v. Hyphens Nathan Luyando

  2. Dash • A punctuation mark with various functions. • Often mistaken for a hyphen or minus sign.

  3. Different Types of Dashes • Figure Dash(-) • En Dash(–) • Em Dash(—)

  4. Figure Dash • Named because of it’s size, most fonts it is the size as a digit. • Usage: phone numbers (618-555-1234)

  5. En Dash • Usage: to contrast values, illustrate relationship between two things RANGE OF VALUES : Closed range of values (June–August ) (R.I.P. 1935–91) RELATIONSHIPS/CONNECTION : (e.g. the Miami–Boston game; Miami beat Boston 120–107) ATTRIBUTIVE COMPOUNDS: compound (phrasal)(e.g. Post-Vietnam War; ex-girlfriend, The Nobel Piece Prize–winning author)

  6. Em Dash • Usage: break of thought / may replace colons, semicolons, commas, and parenthesis Example: He said he hates the Miami Heat—including Lebron and Wade—and thinks they don’t deserve a championship. I put in the hard work—my boss gets all the credit.(usually would use a semicolon) This year I need these players to do good—Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, and Rajon Rondo.(normally a colon would be used here) When in doubt, the Knicks always have there star player—Carmelo Anthony—to put points on the board.(parenthesis or commas would usually go here)

  7. Hyphens • A punctuation mark used to join words, to separate syllables of a single word, and help spelling of a word, for prefixes and suffixes, some compound words. • Often confused with dashes and minus signs

  8. Examples • Joining words: Oh no you didn’t, you snot-nosed little… • Syllables: Na-than Lu-yan-do, syl-la-bles • Spelling words: N-A-T-H-A-N, W-O-R-D • Prefix and suffix(not mandatory unless prefix is followed by proper adjective) Co-worker (w/o hyphen beginning of word can seem like cow) un-American (mandatory)

  9. More Examples • Joining: adjective-adjective/ vowel-vowel/ object-verbal noun American-basketball player/ co-operation/ pizza-lover • Continuation of word to next line The Boston Celtics is my favorite basketball team, I have and will always RE-PRESENT them no matter what.

  10. Quiz • Figure dashes are used when? (a) syllables (b) phone # (c) spelling a name • Read pages 133-198. What kind of Dash is used here? (a) Figure dash (b) en Dash (c) em Dash • Each of the following uses a hyphen except… (a) Spelling (b) Syllables (c) Range of Values • Which of the following can replace commas, parenthesis, colons and semicolons? (a) Em Dash (b) Figure dash (c) En Dash (d) Hyphens

  11. Answers • Figure dashes are used when? (a) syllables (b) phone # (c) spelling a name • Read pages 133-198. What kind of Dash is used here? (a) Figure dash (b) en Dash (c) em Dash • Each of the following uses a hyphen except… (a) Spelling (b) Syllables (c) Range of Values • Which of the following dashes can replace commas, parenthesis, colons and semicolons? (a) Em Dash (b) Figure dash (c) En Dash

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