Hyphens and dashes definitions and examples

Definition
Hyphens: the sign (-) used between compound words, names, and syllables.
Em Dashes: I have two pets—a dog and a cat.
Dash used in place of a colon.
My two pets—a dog and a cat—are quite loud. You could replace the dashes with commas or parentheses.
The en dash: usually replaces "to" between numbers.
The New York Giants beat the New England Patriots, 20–17.






Hyphen (-)
En dash (–)
Em dash (—)