http://www.englishforums.com/English/FrequentlyAskedEnglishQuestions-AnswersArchivedPosts/Forum31.htmArea designed to store the most commonly asked questions and their accepted answers.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DashesAndHyphens/kbjq/post.htm#228918Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:55:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:228918Marius Hancu0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DashesAndHyphens/kbjq/post.htm#228918http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments31-228918.xmlThis might help some: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DashesAndHyphens/kbjq/post.htm#50059Wed, 27 May 2009 06:55:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:50059Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DashesAndHyphens/kbjq/post.htm#50059http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments31-50059.xmlSorry to be so long, but I have been looking for a good comprehensive internet source on dashes; all the information seems to be in bits and pieces, and some of it is quite contradictory. Here is a good excerpt, however, from the Get it Write website: 'A number of you have written to ask us to explain the difference between the hyphen, the em dash, and the en dash. Distinguishing among the Three The hyphen is the shortest of the three and is used most commonly to combine words (compounds such as "well-being" and "advanced-level," for example) and to separate numbers that are not inclusive (phone numbers and Social Security numbers, for example). On typewriter and computer keyboards, the hyphen appears on the bottom half of the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DashesAndHyphens/kbjq/post.htmWed, 27 May 2009 06:55:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49588Guest2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DashesAndHyphens/kbjq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments31-49588.xmlWhen is a dash used in writing a range? For example, it does not seem appropriate when the range is preceded by a prepostion, such as "from A-Z". It seems like that should require "from A to Z". Or "lays between 2-4 eggs" should be "lays between 2 and 4 eggs". But: "it lays 2-4 eggs". Another question: would "between 2 and 4 eggs" mean 3 eggs? 3 is between 2 and 4. More properly, "lays from 2 to 4 eggs"? If something happened on October 8, 9, and 11, would it be correct to say "between October 8 and 11", "between October 7 and 12", would a dash be appropriate? "from October 8 to 12" doesn't seem right, since to me that implies all dates, and it did not happen on October 10. These types of ranges are use often in my field, and the...