The one between quotations.
2006-12-19 12:53:27 · 6 answers · asked by College Guy 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
minus/subtraction symbol, dash
2006-12-19 12:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by Icey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has different names depending on the context.
You can use it in math to denote subtraction - e.g. 3-1=2 - then it's called a 'minus sign'
It's also used to join two words together in a phrase - e.g. half-hearted - then it's called a 'hyphen'
I've also used it several times in this answer as a punctuation mark e.g. like this - see! Then it's called a 'dash' - specifically an 'en dash' because it's the same length as the letter n. There's also an 'em dash' which is twice as long.
Wow I really didn't mean to give such a long answer! But for a little symbol it really is very prolific.
2006-12-19 21:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by hot.turkey 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hyphen
2006-12-19 21:03:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a dash and also a hyphen
2006-12-19 21:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by Blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either dash or hyphen.
2006-12-19 20:55:36 · answer #5 · answered by Adriana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
subtraction
dash
2006-12-19 20:54:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋