diff --git a/dom-parser.js b/dom-parser.js
index e45dd47..1b9749c 100644
--- a/dom-parser.js
+++ b/dom-parser.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 function DOMParser(options){
 	this.options = options ||{locator:{}};
-	
+
 }
 
 DOMParser.prototype.parseFromString = function(source,mimeType){
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ DOMParser.prototype.parseFromString = function(source,mimeType){
 	var locator = options.locator;
 	var defaultNSMap = options.xmlns||{};
 	var isHTML = /\/x?html?$/.test(mimeType);//mimeType.toLowerCase().indexOf('html') > -1;
-  	var entityMap = isHTML?htmlEntity.entityMap:{'lt':'<','gt':'>','amp':'&','quot':'"','apos':"'"};
+  	var entityMap = isHTML?htmlEntity.entityMap: {
+			'lt':'<','gt':'>','amp':'&','quot':'"','apos':"'",
+			'shy': '-','mdash': '-','ndash': '-'
+		};
 	if(locator){
 		domBuilder.setDocumentLocator(locator)
 	}
-	
+
 	sax.errorHandler = buildErrorHandler(errorHandler,domBuilder,locator);
 	sax.domBuilder = options.domBuilder || domBuilder;
 	if(isHTML){
@@ -58,8 +61,8 @@ function buildErrorHandler(errorImpl,domBuilder,locator){
 /**
  * +ContentHandler+ErrorHandler
  * +LexicalHandler+EntityResolver2
- * -DeclHandler-DTDHandler 
- * 
+ * -DeclHandler-DTDHandler
+ *
  * DefaultHandler:EntityResolver, DTDHandler, ContentHandler, ErrorHandler
  * DefaultHandler2:DefaultHandler,LexicalHandler, DeclHandler, EntityResolver2
  * @link http://www.saxproject.org/apidoc/org/xml/sax/helpers/DefaultHandler.html
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ function position(locator,node){
 /**
  * @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#startDocument
  * @link http://www.saxproject.org/apidoc/org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.html
- */ 
+ */
 DOMHandler.prototype = {
 	startDocument : function() {
     	this.doc = new DOMImplementation().createDocument(null, null, null);
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ DOMHandler.prototype = {
 	    var len = attrs.length;
 	    appendElement(this, el);
 	    this.currentElement = el;
-	    
+
 		this.locator && position(this.locator,el)
 	    for (var i = 0 ; i < len; i++) {
 	        var namespaceURI = attrs.getURI(i);
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ DOMHandler.prototype = {
 	    this.locator && position(this.locator,comm)
 	    appendElement(this, comm);
 	},
-	
+
 	startCDATA:function() {
 	    //used in characters() methods
 	    this.cdata = true;
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ DOMHandler.prototype = {
 	endCDATA:function() {
 	    this.cdata = false;
 	},
-	
+
 	startDTD:function(name, publicId, systemId) {
 		var impl = this.doc.implementation;
 	    if (impl && impl.createDocumentType) {