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    What is em dash?

    I am a student of English literature. I have a project to research and mention the different symbols used in english and have to state its meanings and uses and all possible discription. So far i have had no problems, but i have a word "em dash" mentioned as important and i don't know what it is. So can anyone give me some important or even basic not so important information about it? Like what it is? What is its use? Thanks

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    Re: What is em dash?

    I am not into literature or anything but em dash is also used in article or review writing. Well basically its a grammar thing and what i know about it is : It is used to used to indicate a break in a sentence. Its a dash but a longer then regular dash or regular hyphen. It is described as : A dash of the width of the letter "M" Using em dash or long dash in computers : How to insert an em dash in MS Word and HTML

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