https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-and-10th-grade-grammar/xf006c25352e869bb:punctuation-and-capitalization-9/xf006c25352e869bb:hyphens-and-dashes-9/a/using-dashes-to-set-off-parenthetical-elements-grammar-9 2026-07-14T18:30:40.92487512Z Using dashes to set off parenthetical elements Learn how you can use em dashes to set off parenthetical elements in a sentence. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/hyphens-dashes-and-ellipses/v/dashes 2020-06-23T07:22:41Z Dashes Dashes are like little actors—they can behave like colons, pairs of commas, or parentheses.  Learn how to use them in this video! video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/BQy9Hh14_wpOsCD1RPG2OgTFBaUeYYivXGm5nKhVDlJSKq-_1yy_Z9MnohpUC5LoSlCxOojWbxO653wUGXZwQ8w Dashes Dashes are like little actors—they can behave like colons, pairs of commas, or parentheses.  Learn how to use them in this video! https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/tLmDYzhv6Z0.mp4/tLmDYzhv6Z0.mp4 380 Hyphens and dashes https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/hyphens-dashes-and-ellipses/v/hyphens 2023-09-19T21:32:47.781412264Z Hyphens versus dashes Hyphens are used to join two words together or to differentiate between similarly spelled words. This video helps learners differentiate between hyphens and dashes, provides concrete examples to support learners’ correct use of hyphens, and discusses how words gain and lose hyphens over time. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/PorgJfd0UePDOpYRL8spvHZo1xmjhdTwV0WEoWyR1laV5twABW_9NOF3xb05uA1Cnt4J4yId8n1E-8SW-zTVjDQn Hyphens versus dashes Hyphens are used to join two words together or to differentiate between similarly spelled words. This video helps learners differentiate between hyphens and dashes, provides concrete examples to support learners’ correct use of hyphens, and discusses how words gain and lose hyphens over time. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/CgpExkmY6Y0.mp4/CgpExkmY6Y0.mp4 291 Hyphens and dashes https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-and-10th-grade-grammar/xf006c25352e869bb:punctuation-and-capitalization-9/xf006c25352e869bb:hyphens-and-dashes-9/a/using-hyphens-grammar-9 2026-07-14T15:00:54.021605571Z Using hyphens Learn how to use hyphens in compound nouns and compound adjectives. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-and-10th-grade-grammar/xf006c25352e869bb:punctuation-and-capitalization-9/xf006c25352e869bb:hyphens-and-dashes-9/e/hyphens-and-dashes-grammar-10 2026-07-13T19:41:05.916442654Z Hyphens and dashes Practice using hyphens and dashes correctly David Rheinstrom exercise