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American English Grammar
Dash
Learning objectives
  • Learn the definition of a dash
  • Study usage of dashes
Definition of a dash

  • A dash looks like this:

        en dash –, em dash —, and quotation dash ―

  • A dash is:

    • used as a "strong" separator where a comma is not enough

    • different from a hyphen
Usage of dashes

  • "As I ran, I saw — My Gosh! — no one was following." 

























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