—

Punctuation markEdit

—

1. Indicate that a sentence is unfinished because the speaker has been interrupted.
2. Demarcates parenthetical thought
3. Indicates aposiopesis
4. Indicates a lack of data in a table^[1]

Usage notesEdit

In English, this symbol is called em dash.

Derived termsEdit

• ﹘ (small form variant)
• ︱ (vertical variant)

See alsoEdit

Punctuation

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Joan G. Nagle, Handbook for preparing engineering documents: from concept to completion, 1995, p. 114:
   We can use the word none or N/D (no data), or insert an em dash; any of these entries show that we haven't simply forgotten to fill the cell. N/A is commonly used for not applicable. It's good practice to footnote N/A or N/D the first time it is used.

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:

Тире

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VerbEdit

— (—) impf

1. Indicates zero (omission) of the present tense of быть (byt’). Called тире (tirɛ́) in Russian.

   Время — деньги (vrémja—dénʹgi).

   Time is money.

Usage notesEdit

• "—" is not used when the subject is a pronoun; e.g., я русский — I am Russian.