Template:Spaced en dash/doc

This is the spaced en dash template; it renders like this (without the quote marks): " – " It works similarly to the HTML markup sequence  i.e. a non-breaking space (which will not line-break and will not collapse together with normal spaces that come before the template), a short dash (known as an en dash), and a normal space (which will line-break and will collapse together with normal spaces that come after the template).

Typical uses of dashes are to mark a break in a sentence, or to set off an explanatory remark (similar to parenthesis), or to show spans of time or ranges of values. The spaced en dash is generally preferred in modern "Commonwealth English" typography (older British and recent American typography generally uses an unspaced em dash for the same purpose). Among other uses, this template may be used in lists to provide something stronger than a bold middot "&middot;" or a bullet "&bull;", but shorter than an em dash "&mdash;". For horizontal lists, use flatlist or Hlist instead (see WP:HLIST). Here, the recommended usage is to use no space before the template and one space after the template, like this:
 * Salt – Pepper
 * This will render one space on each side of the dash, like this:
 * Salt – Pepper
 * A line break will come after one of the dashes, not before, when the spacing is used as suggested, like this:
 * Salt – Pepper –
 * Curry – Saffron

is a handy synonym.