Effective Use of the Hyphen, En Dash, and Em Dash in Legal Writing

Date

2019-10

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Publisher

The Federal Lawyer

Abstract

This article provides a short overview when legal writers should use—and not use—these three different dash marks. The three punctuation dash marks include: the hyphen (-), the en dash (–), and the em dash (—).

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Keywords

Legal Writing, Hyphen, Punctuation

Citation

Brian Craig, Effective Use of the Hyphen, En Dash, and Em Dash in Legal Writing, The Federal Lawyer, 45 (September/October 2019).

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