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See also: — —, -_-, and ----

- U+002D, -
HYPHEN-MINUS
← ,
[U+002C] 		Basic Latin . →
[U+002E]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

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  1. alternative form of ( ) and — —; these are two sets of -- used to enclose parenthetical text, like two em dashes, especially when actual em dashes are not available
    • 2001 February 7, pieceoftheuniverse, “Re: Help please?”, in rec.humor.oracle.d‎[1] (Usenet; in English), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      Speaking of Illustrator -- you weren't, but I'm pretending -- the way I'm going about comic art is on the computer.
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