The Dash and The Hyphen

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• All the students in the class passed the exam -- every single one!

• All the students in--the--class passed the exam every single one!

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• Please call my lawyer—Richard Smith—on Tuesday.

• Please call my-lawyer Richard Smith on Tuesday.

• Please call my lawyer Richard Smith on--Tuesday.

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• Everybody--the teachers, the parents, the students--was called by the principal.

• Everybody the teachers, the-- parents, the--students were called by the principal.

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• Relatives, neighbors, friends--none came to my birthday party.

• Relatives, neighbors--friends none came to my birthday party.

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• Thirty-two students were present in the class.

• Thirty two students were present in the class.

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• His son-in-law came to meet him.

• His son in law came to meet him.

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• The editorial-in-chief was invited to the meeting.

• The editorial in-chief was invited to the meeting.

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• A dash is used in compound adjectives.

• A hyphen is used in writing compound words.

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• A dash is never used to list items.

• A dash is used to introduce an explanation in the middle of a sentence.

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• A dash is used with compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.

• A hyphen is used with compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.