Comments on: What’s the Difference Between an Em Dash, En Dash & Hyphen?

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:46:24 +0000

I never knew this … I came by from the Carnival of Australia.
My punctuation is lacking .It has been far too long since I left school.University lecturers didn’t bother too much with it and in the nursing profession punctuation did not matter.

By: Nicky Jurd

Nicky Jurd — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:06:26 +0000

Don’t be ashamed Megan, most of us are oblivious. I know Kaj is particularly pedantic though, and to him emdashes mean the world.

By: Abhi Beckert

Abhi Beckert — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:34:50 +0000

On a mac they key combination for these characters is different. You type an En Dash by holding option and pressing the hyphen key, and an Em Dash by holding option–shift and pressing the hyphen key.

By: Megan from Imaginif

Megan from Imaginif — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:16:33 +0000

Great information, thank you. I am embarrassed to admit that I was oblivious to the distinctions.