I honestly replace them both with hyphens (-) or minuses (−) (I have a 10-keyless so my keyboard currently doesn’t have a minus so that comes up less often) :3
There’s too many dash-like symbols out there lol :3. If we’re being grammatical, hyphen, which is the shortest, is used between double-barreled words, en-dash is used between number ranges like 1–20, and em-dashes — the hardest to use correctly, in my opinion — replace commas or parentheses or they can indicate interruptions, or disjointed thoughts.
I honestly replace them both with hyphens (-) or minuses (−) (I have a 10-keyless so my keyboard currently doesn’t have a minus so that comes up less often) :3
ah my fault thought en dash WAS a hyphen
There’s too many dash-like symbols out there lol :3. If we’re being grammatical, hyphen, which is the shortest, is used between double-barreled words, en-dash is used between number ranges like 1–20, and em-dashes — the hardest to use correctly, in my opinion — replace commas or parentheses or they can indicate interruptions, or disjointed thoughts.
Hyphens are generally for compound words, e.g. turn-signal
En dashes are for ranges, e.g. 20–30
Em dashes are for breaking up sentences—sorta like somewhere between a comma and a semicolon (like this)