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I use lots of hyphens like this too. Is it grammatically incorrect?

smcl 7y ago
I'm not sure whether GP refers to joining phrases up (like "end-to-end" or "idea-to-silicon" or "one-stop-shop") or using it instead of a comma ("I also spearheaded the creation of Swift - a programming language that powers Apple’s ecosystem - and led a team at Tesla that applies a wide range of tech in the autonomous driving space"). The former is just a matter of taste (but IMO has a teensy flavour of "marketing" about it), the latter is totally fine too.
- 52-6F-62 7y ago
  To dive down into the pedantic with you all, I think in the latter case the hyphen is incorrect. Normally in that place is an en(–) or em(—) dash. Hyphens are used for joining or breaking words. IIRC
- thewebcount 7y ago
  The GP is talking about how the text was written with hyphens inserted where words crossed a line break, but then the text was reflowed so the lines no longer break at the same spot. For example, in the original, it looked something like this: an ex- ample But on GP's (and my) screen it looked like this: an ex-ample
- Khoth 7y ago
  I think GP is referring to stuff like "pro-vides" and "program-ming" which look like they were hyphenated to line-wrap, but depending on the width of your browser window probably don't actually split across lines
jmull 7y ago
Some of the hyphens here are fine and some aren't. One legitimate use of hyphens is to break a word at the end of a line so that part of the word is on one line and part is on the next line. (This was uses a lot in the days of physical newspapers and magazines which uses pretty skinny columns but didn't want to leave ragged whitespace that wrapping the full word would cause.) In this case, it looks like the text was wrapped like that, hyphens were inserted, but then the text was rewrapped (without hyphen breaking) to a different width, but the hyphens from before were still left behind. E.g., you can see a line on text like this: "Similarly, the RISC-V architecture pro-vides unique opportunities for SoC customization at every level. This is only possible with SiFive’s ambi-tious design methodology, which is unmatched in the industry." where "pro-vides" and "ambi-tious" are inappropriately hyphenated. The text probably looked like this at some point: Similarly, the RISC-V architecture pro- vides unique opportunities for SoC customization at every level. This is only possible with SiFive’s ambi- tious design methodology, which is unmatched in the industry.
- jez 7y ago
  Worth noting that this is the whole purpose of the Soft Hyphen character: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_hyphen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_hyphen the browser won’t display any glyph unless it breaks the word at that point. Alternatively, you don’t need to insert soft hyphens at all if you’re fine relying on the browser’s hyphenization dictionary for your language, and the CSS word-break property is set. The downside there is that sometimes the browser will get really aggressive and terminate nearly every line with a broken word, reducing legibility.
- wmf 7y ago
  This is probably caused by copying and pasting from PDF.

smcl 7y ago

I'm not sure whether GP refers to joining phrases up (like "end-to-end" or "idea-to-silicon" or "one-stop-shop") or using it instead of a comma ("I also spearheaded the creation of Swift - a programming language that powers Apple’s ecosystem - and led a team at Tesla that applies a wide range of tech in the autonomous driving space"). The former is just a matter of taste (but IMO has a teensy flavour of "marketing" about it), the latter is totally fine too.

52-6F-62 7y ago
To dive down into the pedantic with you all, I think in the latter case the hyphen is incorrect. Normally in that place is an en(–) or em(—) dash. Hyphens are used for joining or breaking words. IIRC
thewebcount 7y ago
The GP is talking about how the text was written with hyphens inserted where words crossed a line break, but then the text was reflowed so the lines no longer break at the same spot. For example, in the original, it looked something like this: an ex- ample But on GP's (and my) screen it looked like this: an ex-ample
Khoth 7y ago
I think GP is referring to stuff like "pro-vides" and "program-ming" which look like they were hyphenated to line-wrap, but depending on the width of your browser window probably don't actually split across lines

jmull 7y ago

Some of the hyphens here are fine and some aren't. One legitimate use of hyphens is to break a word at the end of a line so that part of the word is on one line and part is on the next line. (This was uses a lot in the days of physical newspapers and magazines which uses pretty skinny columns but didn't want to leave ragged whitespace that wrapping the full word would cause.) In this case, it looks like the text was wrapped like that, hyphens were inserted, but then the text was rewrapped (without hyphen breaking) to a different width, but the hyphens from before were still left behind. E.g., you can see a line on text like this: "Similarly, the RISC-V architecture pro-vides unique opportunities for SoC customization at every level. This is only possible with SiFive’s ambi-tious design methodology, which is unmatched in the industry." where "pro-vides" and "ambi-tious" are inappropriately hyphenated. The text probably looked like this at some point: Similarly, the RISC-V architecture pro- vides unique opportunities for SoC customization at every level. This is only possible with SiFive’s ambi- tious design methodology, which is unmatched in the industry.

jez 7y ago
Worth noting that this is the whole purpose of the Soft Hyphen character: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_hyphen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_hyphen the browser won’t display any glyph unless it breaks the word at that point. Alternatively, you don’t need to insert soft hyphens at all if you’re fine relying on the browser’s hyphenization dictionary for your language, and the CSS word-break property is set. The downside there is that sometimes the browser will get really aggressive and terminate nearly every line with a broken word, reducing legibility.
wmf 7y ago
This is probably caused by copying and pasting from PDF.