Hyphen Symbol – Hyphenating.com
UPDATED IN JANUARY 2019 Do you know the difference between a dash and a hyphen? Do you recognize where to use en dashes and em dashes? If you do, then pass this post on to someone else. Or read it to be sure of your knowledge. In business writing classes, people regularly call hyphens “dashes.” They will ask, “Does follow...
The use of dashes is inconsistent in lots of writing – regardless of how ‘professional’ the writers are. The hyphen, em dash and en dash crop up all the time while you’re using Microsoft Word, but most of us don’t know why and we use the different dashes inconsistently. I had to figure this out. What do they look like?...
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This article originally ran on PR Daily in March of 2017. For journalists, The Associated Press Stylebook is the industry bible. They live and die by its grammar and style rules, and most have taken numerous journalism school classes to perfect writing in alignment with AP style. AP style errors in press releases are glaringly obvious to reporters and could...
For journalists, the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook is the industry “bible.” They live and die by its grammar and style rules, and most have taken numerous journalism school classes to perfect the art of AP style writing. As such, AP style errors in press releases are glaringly obvious to reporters and could turn them off from considering a press release....
