Since we’ve already covered how to use em dashes in sentences, we’re going to take this time to provide you with some more examples of how it might look so you can get an idea of different ways of using them. For the ‘in place of other punctuation’ sections, we won’t include the other form…

These three punctuation marks all look very similar, and yet they cannot be used interchangeably. They only differ in length on writing and it is important to go for a correct one, depending on what exactly you want to say in your sentence. But how are the hyphen and the en dash different from the em…

No matter how you use an em dash, whether it’s replacing other forms of punctuation, representing interruption in the text, or as part of a missing word, you do not capitalize the first letter following it. The only exception to this is if the following word is a proper noun, in which case you should capitalize them…

This has to be the most common mistake of all of them. Because so often people say that you can replace colons with em dashes, writers assume that this is the case in every situation. Unfortunately, it is not. A colon’s primary purpose is to join an independent and dependent clause together to show emphasis…

Again, the em dash (—) can sometimes be confused with the hyphen (-). We use hyphens most often for compounding words such as ‘dog-friendly’. A hyphens job in a sentence is to join two words together or a prefix to a word such as ‘co-ordinated’. Em dashes are used in place of punctuation and are never seen…

Most mistakes to do with em dashes’ are made when an individual confuses them with other punctuation. So below we’ll look at the key differences to help you avoid making similar mistakes. Em dash vs. En Dash One of the most common mix-ups between different punctuation has to be confusing the em dash and en dash.…

Windows ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Alt’ + ‘-‘ is the shortcut for the em dash on Windows. Mac ‘Command’ + ‘M’ will create an em dash on Mac. Alt/Option Codes Failing that, use the Alt or the Option button (depending on whether you have a Mac or Windows PC/Laptop) and type the following code: 0151. This should produce…