human
I'm a bit confused about when to use a hyphen and when to use a dash in my writing. Can you help me out?
assistant
Sure! A hyphen is used to join two words together, while a dash is typically used to separate words or clauses within a sentence. For example, the word "long-distance" would be hyphenated as "long-distance," while the word "short-term" would be separated by dashes as "short-term."