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		krupan 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphe... Just use two dashes. Or like you said, use parentheses, commas, or semi-colons

grey413 10 months ago [–]

Two dashes are fine, the other options have different literary functions than em dashes, and shouldn't generally be used as replacements.

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