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Vincent Teo Posted 3 years ago
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Dash -

Can I write the "dash ' with the sentence below:

You can take part in one of the badminton activities - Service.

  

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Vincent Teo Can I write the "dash ' with the sentence below: You can take part in one of the badminton activities - s ervice. Yes, but don't use a hyphen as a substitute. ALT-0151 will give you a true dash — what is called an m-dash.

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  • Vincent Teo Can I write the "dash ' with the sentence below: You can take part in one of the badminton activities - s ervice.
  • Yes, but don't use a hyphen as a substitute.
  • ALT-0151 will give you a true dash — what is called an m-dash.
  • On the forum I use journalistic style, which puts a space before and after the m-dash: You can take part in one of the badminton activities — service.
  • But you may want to use academic style, which uses no spaces around the m-dash: You can take part in one of the badminton activities—service.
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Vincent Teo

Can I write the "dash ' with the sentence below:

You can take part in one of the badminton activities - service.

Yes, but don't use a hyphen as a substitute.

ALT-0151 will give you a true dash — what is called an m-dash.

On the forum I use journalistic style, which puts a sp

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