A Comprehensive Guide to Em Dashes, En Dashes, and Hyphens

This article provides a detailed explanation of the usage and differences between em dashes (—), en dashes (–), and hyphens (-). Em dashes can replace commas, colons, or parentheses to emphasize or add supplemental information; en dashes primarily indicate ranges or connections between words; hyphens are used to connect words or separate syllables. The article uses numerous examples to clearly illustrate the application of these three symbols in different contexts and points out their differences in formal and informal writing.