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  1. x <- "I'm dash before word -word, dash &%$,. in-between word, two before word --word just dashes ------, between words word - word"
  2. gsub("\\b([-'])\\b|[[:punct:]]+", "\\1", x, perl=TRUE)
  3. # =>  "I'm dash before word word dash  in-between word two before word word just dashes  between words word  word"
  4.  
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[1] "I'm dash before word word dash  in-between word two before word word just dashes  between words word  word"
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R (R 3.5.2)
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