Not talking Morse Code.

Does the Hyphen, EN Dash, and EM Dash ever confuse you?

They have me. Thank goodness for editors who know the difference.

I wonder if I’ll ever remember everything I need to know about punctuation. Seems the more I read the more I need to read. Something like that. Joel Friedlander posted a great article about using dashes instead of commas and how we can get the placement mixed up.

What I learned about the right way to use these punctuations…

1. That the dash is not based on the font size.
2. The difference between a Hyphen, EN, and EM.
   • Hyphen is shortest
   • EN is shorter than EM
   • EM is the longest
3. The three are not interchangeable.
4. An editors shorthand for where to put them.
5. And the short-cut keystrokes to insert them.
6. Short-cut keystrokes are a quick way to insert special characters. Of course, you can always…