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Rule "Hyphen, n-dash and m-dash"

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Description:	Hyphen, n-dash and m-dash
Message:	If this is a parenthetical clause, finish it with an em dash.
Category:	Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/dashes/#how-to-properly-use-an-em-dash
Tags:	[picky]
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	…— as aforementioned -,… Correction suggestion: —
Correct sentences for comparison:	A better or more prestigious quality or status: A-, A or A+ Sometimes the syndrome is divided into low-, medium- or high-functioning autism --------, Schopenhauer, The Human Character. Most operators (e.g., +, -, *, /) treated this as an integer, but others treated it as a memory address to be dereferenced. -10k - Milestone -
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	DASH_RULE [4]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)

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