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• The most common versions of the dash are the en dash (–) and the em dash (—), whose names historically were loosely associated with the length of a lower-case n and upper-case M, respectively, in commonly used typefaces
• Usage varies both within English and in other languages, but the usual convention in printed English text is as follows:nAn em dash (or an en dash) may be used to denote a break in a sentence or to set off parenthetical statements
• Glitter, felt, yarn, and buttons—his kitchen looked as if a clown had exploded
• A flock of sparrows—some of them juveniles—alighted and sang
• The en dash (but not the em dash) is used to indicate spans or differentiation, where it may be considered to replace "and" or "to" (but not "to" in the phrase "from … to …"):nThe French and Indian War (1754–1763) was fought in western Pennsylvania and along the present US–Canada border (Edwards, pp
• 81–101)
• The em dash (but not the en dash) is also used to set off the sources of quotes:nnSeven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice