- “Haifa?” neighed Ted. “I’ve heard it’s done with a dash!” - Haifa? Nay, Ted, they say it’s done with a dash - inserted dashes - Joined with punctuation mark - United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or
hyphened word.
- A bracket in print - An interval - Bracketing, thus - A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or
explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be
grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved
lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes. - One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic
word or phrase.