Dashing 3

[Dimandja]

The em dash, the ef dash, the en dash, the hyphen.

Are these things grammatical ploys or simply devices to make life easier for typesetters?

 

[chessbot]

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/emen/

And you think those are bad...

--Chessbot

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[Dimandja]

Geez, chessbot, where did you dig that one from? Great reading!

 

[chessbot]

I was really bored the other day and browsing the site... It's fun, isn't it?

--Chessbot

There is a level of Hell reserved for probability theorists in which every monkey that types on a typewriter produces a Shakesperean sonnet.

 

[MakeItSo]

Never knew the use of em/en-dash and hyphen were specified that sharply! Excellent link, chessbot!

This gives a totally new meaning to Word's autoformat of [space] hyphen [space]: It's turning from just sentence-widening to most-of-the-time-completely-wrong!

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[CajunCenturion]

I agree, an excellent link. One of the better explanations of the dashes and hyphen that I've seen, with the added benefit of some implementation techniques.

Thanks.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Great read, Chessbot!