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Similar to the spacing convention, we use two hyphens to signify an en dash and three for an em dash.
by evgen 7y ago
Similar to the spacing convention, we use two hyphens to signify an en dash and three for an em dash.
- ghaff 7y agoThree hyphens is a lot. I would have said it was more common to just use one hyphen for what should properly be an en-dash (which most people don't use) and two hyphens for an em-dash with or without spaces to separate from the surrounding words.
- bmn__ 7y ago> we use two hyphens to signify an en dash That depends on whether this functions as a poor man's input method (e.g. like in LibreOffice Writer), or is to be mentally applied by the reader. The former is a very agreeable solution, the latter provokes flaming.
- frank2 7y agoI can't recall ever seeing three hyphens used to signify an em dash in a document published on the net. (I added the word "published" to account for the possibility of the existence of a markup language I am unaware of that employs your three-hyphen convention.) I am fastidious enough about usage that I probably would've noticed and remembered. In my experience, its always two hyphens (or space, hyphen, hyphen, space).
- aliceryhl 7y agoLaTeX converts three hyphens into an em-dash.