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title: Ems and Ens
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## Ems and Ens
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Ems and Ens are a form of the punctuation mark called 'dash'. Although similar in appearance to a hyphen, they serve different purposes.
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### Em Dash
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Use an Em dash to denote a break in the sentence. Substitute it for a comma or to denote a pause in a sentence. They are also used to attribute a quote to a speaker.
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An Em dash is one em wide—the width of a point size of a typeface. Don't put any spaces before and after an em dash.
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<br>
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For example: The noise from the neighbor's house—it's killing me.
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* Command for an Em dash on a mac : Shift-Option-Hyphen
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* Command for an Em dash on Microsoft Word : Alt + Ctrl + (minus)
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* Em dash in HTML : `—` or `—`
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### En Dash
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Use an En dash as a replacement for the word 'to' or to denote a range of numbers. An En dash is half the width of an Em dash. Don't put any spaces before and after an en dash.
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<br>
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For example: The first world war lasted from 1914–1918.
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* Command for an En dash on a mac : Option-Hyphen
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* Command for an En dash on Microsoft Word : Ctrl + (minus)
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* En dash in HTML : `–` or `–`
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#### More Information:
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Dash - <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Em_dash' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Wikipedia</a>
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Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton - <a href='http://thinkingwithtype.com' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Thinking With Type</a>
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Modularscale - <a href='http://www.modularscale.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.modularscale.com/</a>
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