Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us how to properly use ellipses, em dashes, and parentheses. FULL TRANSCRIPT: The default, typically, when we’re using ...

Traditionally, a dash is preceded and followed by a space, but more recently, spaces have been omitted. For consistency in University writing do not include spaces. An em dash is the width of the ...

Re-write the sentences and add brackets, dashes or commas to show parenthesis and make the writing completely clear. 1. Add brackets to the sentences beneath the book titles to show parenthesis.