Hyphen, en dash, em dash for Microsoft Word

Simple examples of dashes for middle school students.

1. Hyphen, En dash, Em dash i n Microsoft Word

2. Hyphen, En dash, Em dash i n Microsoft Word

3. Hyphen Use the minus sign key. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_(Standard)_Keyboard_M0116.jpg

4. Hyphen Use the hyphen to separate compound words.

5. Hyphen Use the hyphen to separate compound words. They played on the teeter-totter . 12-8-2011: http://2happyorganists.blogspot.com/2010/06/torn-acl-mazes-teeter-totter-and-apples.html

6. Hyphen Use the hyphen to separate compound words. The x-ray showed a broken arm. 12-8-2011: http://www.two-views.com/X-RAY/Why.html

7. Hyphen Use the hyphen to separate compound words. His mother-in-law was concerned. 12-8-2011: http://www.helpful.com/how-deal-smothering-mother-law_1414

8. Hyphen Use the hyphen to separate compound words. Keep the accounting records up-to-date . 12-8-2011: http://www.winepressofwords.com/2010/12/how-to-keep-good-business-and-personal-records/

9. En dash Use Ctrl + minus on the number pad http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brazilian_104-key_ABNT2_keyboard.jpg

10. En dash Use the en dash to show a distance or a range of values.

11. En dash 12-8-2011: http://www.sodahead.com/living/are-there-really-506070-year-old-people-on-sodahead/question-1671819/?page=8&link=ibaf&q=people+60-70+years+old&imgurl=http://talkincblog.com/wp-content/uploads/elderly-people-on-computer.jpg Use the en dash to show a distance or a range of values. They were all 65–80 years old.

12. En dash Use the en dash to show a distance or a range of values. The New York–San Francisco flight was delayed. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jet.airways.a340.london.arp.jpg

13. Em dash Use Ctrl + Alt + minus on the number pad http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brazilian_104-key_ABNT2_keyboard.jpg

14. Em dash Use the em dash in place of commas or parenthesis for added emphasis.

15. Em dash Use the em dash in place of commas or parenthesis for added emphasis. After three weeks on set, the cast was fed up with his direction—or, rather, lack of direction .

16. Em dash Use the em dash in place of commas or parenthesis for added emphasis. Since 2007, the consensus of the economic establishment — bankers , policymakers, CEOs, stock analysts, pundits—has been catastrophically wrong.

17. Hyphen, En dash, Em dash i n Microsoft Word