Shawn "Cmdr" Keene | Microsoft MVP - Windows Insider | | tweet: Microsoft MVPs are independent experts offering real-world answers. Fortunately, Windows has an emoji keyboard to make things easier. If this solves your issue, click the 'Propose as Answer' link below, and vote as helpful by clicking the green triangle to the lelft. Once there, you can find and select the character to copy/paste into your other program. You can either search for it by name in the Start menu, or type the program name charmap into the Start menu's search box and hit Enter to access the If your laptop does not have such functions, you can also use the Character Map program. Because it is all engaged at the hardware level, Windows and other programs interpret this as actual number pad presses, meaning you can use it to type such characters. Use the Function (Fn) key to access these blue numbers. For example, every Dell laptop includes a number pad where the number 5 is the same as the J key, written in a blue font on the key. Scott is stalling on negotiations -his modus operandi-because he wants us to flinch on pricing first.Most laptops have numeric keyboards "overlaid" on top of normal keys, usually in another color. The new healthcare initiative would cover pre-existing conditions. My brother lives near the California-Oregon border. I never imagined I’d like music so much-until I bought and played a Fender Strat, that is. Alphonso attended the University of Illinois 1981–1985. Scott is stalling on negotiationshis modus operandibecause he wants us to flinch on pricing first.ġ. The new healthcare initiative would cover preexisting conditions.ĥ.
My brother lives near the CaliforniaOregon border.Ĥ. I never imagined I’d like music so muchuntil I bought and played a Fender Strat, that is.ģ. Alphonso attended the University of Illinois 19811985.Ģ. Pseudo-scientific–pseudo-psychiatric self-help theory (not pseudo-scientific-pseudo-psychiatric)Ĭhoose the correct mark-a hyphen, an em dash, or an en dash-for each of the following sentences.ġ. Ice cream–flavored chewing gum (not ice-cream-flavored)Ĭanada–New Zealand flight (not Canada-New-Zealand)
The other function is to punctuate compound modifiers that include an open compound or two or more hyphenated compounds. One is to connect continuing, inclusive numbers. The en dash is shorter than an em dash but longer than a hyphen. Helena wants her diet to contain more fruit-e.g., apples, oranges, and strawberries. I was considering something more along the lines of-oh, forget it. Throughout the game, he was able to rely on his three core pitches-fastball, slider, change-up. You are the friend-the only friend-who offered to help me. The em dash primarily replaces commas, semicolons, colons, ellipses, and parentheses to indicate added emphasis, an interruption, or an abrupt change of thought. In formal writing, dashes have two common forms: the em dash and the en dash. Separating non-inclusive numbers: 88, edict 74-54-293. Spelling out numbers and fractions: twenty-five, seventy-eight, one-third. Separating vowels that might complicate reading if left together: pre-empt, anti-inflation, pro-ownership. Hyphen with a prefix: self-help, self-motivated, ex-Marine, mid-AtlanticĬlarifying words that are otherwise identical: re-cover (as opposed to recover), re-form (as opposed to reform). Hyphen in a compound modifier: blue-green sky, much-heralded activist, true-to-form performance Hyphen in a compound noun: well-being, dry-cleaning, hocus-pocus, merry-go-round In formal writing, a hyphen’s main function is to join two or more separate words, as in a compound noun, a compound modifier, or certain terms with a prefix. Being able to distinguish dashes and hyphens adds another useful instrument to our communicator’s toolbox. Which is correct? The two different marks do not interfere with our understanding of the intended information however, one mark is more precise than the other. For example, you might see text such as 9am-5pm in one reference and 9am–5pm in another. Sometimes it can be easy to confuse dashes with hyphens when writing or editing content.
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