Template:Em

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See the related template for en dashes, Template:En.

Adds an em dash (—) inline without additional whitespace. No arguments are required. Using this template may be preferable because different lengths of dashes appear the same in monospace markup: - (hyphen, -) vs. – (en dash, –) vs. — (em dash, —). See the table below for correct usage of each.

Usage

Hyphen	-	Connecting compounded words (e.g. good-looking, twentieth-century, twenty-two) or breaking long words across multiple lines
En Dash	–	Specifying ranges of values (e.g. 1998–present, 1–10) or distance between locations (e.g. Japan–USA)
Em Dash	—	For creating separation or emphasis in clauses of sentences (e.g. Science Olympiad—the greatest activity ever—defines my life.)

Execution

{{em}} - adds a single em dash (—)

Examples

Code	Result
Science Olympiad{{em}}the greatest activity ever{{em}}defines my life.	Science Olympiad—the greatest activity ever—defines my life.

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