Writers may also use bullet dots and other typographical cues instead of numbers, but writers should always check for parallel grammatical structures. When writers choose to combine two adjectives into one descriptive adjective before a noun, writer combine the adjectives with a hyphen. Similarly, if two nouns function as modifiers before a given noun, writers generally choose to hyphenate them to reflect their relationship. Dashes signal a break in thought and writing. Dashes can function like colons, indicating something will follow an independent clause.
Dashes differ from hyphens.
B. Use a colon. Colons are used to introduce material that is not a part of the sentence's grammar. Use quotation marks. Ellipses indicate that you have chosen to omit material from a passage being quoted. B. Use brackets.