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en dash [ˈendæʃ] N Brit TYPO

Halbgeviertstrich m

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Halbgeviertstrich m

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The gig is ideal for someone who is at a computer during work hours and can, at regular intervals, replace hyphens with en dashes. torontoist.com

He's trying and failing to use em dashes (he's using en dashes instead and omitting the trailing space). security.blogs.cnn.com

Many journals do likewise, whereas others expand the ending page numbers in full (184-185), use an en dash instead of a hyphen (1845), or both (184185). en.wikipedia.org

In modern fonts, the length of the en dash is not standardized, and the en dash is often more than half the width of the em dash. en.wikipedia.org

Compare use of an en dash used to separate such compounds. en.wikipedia.org

It does not indicate a range, for which the en dash is used; nor does it function as the minus sign, which also uses a separate glyph. en.wikipedia.org

In most uses of en dashes, such as when used in indicating ranges, they are closed up to the joined words. en.wikipedia.org

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