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My favourite example of this is using an en dash for a relationship between two separate things, rather than the more closely-connected compound adjective of a
by ramshorns 4y ago
My favourite example of this is using an en dash for a relationship between two separate things, rather than the more closely-connected compound adjective of a hyphen.
Italian–American relations: foreign relations between the governments of Italy and the United States.
Italian-American relations: relatives who have moved from Italy to the United States.
- caymanjim 4y agoI'm surprised at how much of an impact your use of the en dash here has on how I read the sentence. I found myself pausing longer between words in my inner dialogue as I read "Italian–American".