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En dashes are for ranges and sometimes for compound modifiers, like "billiard-ball–size hail" or "New York City–based attorney." Not sure who advised MS Word to
by joegahona 7y ago
En dashes are for ranges and sometimes for compound modifiers, like "billiard-ball–size hail" or "New York City–based attorney." Not sure who advised MS Word to turn two dashes into an en dash, ever, but it's not correct. Whether an em dash has spaces around it is a matter of style.
- amanzi 7y agoWord will only change it if you've used two hyphens, it won't autocorrect the examples you have.
- distant_hat 7y agoMS has never worried about correctness :)