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Old 08-15-2009, 09:22 AM   #19
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Yes, en dashes and hyphens are different, both typographically and in usage. Hyphens are used to join compound words and to split words at line breaks. En dashes are slightly longer and are used to indicate ranges (5–10 years, August 3–7, etc). And while we're on the subject, em dashes are used to indicate breaks in thought and abrupt parenthetical elements (while commas are used for more flowing ones). Those are the most common usages, but there are others.
That's what I suspected, thanks.
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