hyphen, em dash和en dash的用法

1. hyphen punctuates phone numbers, ISBN codes on books and other strings of numerals. It divides words at the end of lines in typeset material. And most commonly, as in the headline above, it glues together compound structures.
2. The em is an expansive, attention-seeking dash. It supplies much stronger emphasis than the comma, colon or semicolon it often replaces. Positioned around interrupting elements, em dashes have the opposite effect of parentheses—em dashes emphasize; parentheses minimize.
3. The en dash mainly joins inclusive numerals, between which the word to is intended. The en dash also attaches a prefix or suffix to an unhyphenated compound. And often the en dash joins the names of two or more places.
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