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They don't mention it because the dash is dead. Check any major news web site, even the New York Times, and you'll find they often use the repulsive double hyph
by dn3500 4y ago
They don't mention it because the dash is dead. Check any major news web site, even the New York Times, and you'll find they often use the repulsive double hyphen in place of dash.
- thekoma 4y agoThe article has two Em dashes in the first paragraph. I believe haven't noticed the double hyphen anywhere. I know some word processors turn `--` to En dash and `---` to Em dash, so it might be a mix-up there.
- dn3500 4y agoCan't find any in the NYT today, but here's one from CNN: https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_ff31bbc01931e2dcb21eea5d2b3da316 https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_ff31bbc01931e2dcb21eea5d2b...
- lelandfe 4y agoTheir full site uses an en dash: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/us/texas-migrant-arrest-program-discrimination/index.html#:~:text=alleging%20it%20targets%20%E2%80%9CBlack%20and%20Brown%20%E2%80%93%20primarily%20Latino%20%E2%80%93 https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/us/texas-migrant-arrest-progr... I'd be aghast if a double hyphen was the house style for a major news outlet.
- dboreham 4y agoMany applications will auto-correct, or typeset double dash to an En-dash. Perhaps they thought they were using such an editor?
- valenaut 4y agoI always type -- for en dash. Usually text fields that accept markdown-like syntax will correct it, but I just leave it if they don't.
- deltarholamda 4y ago>repulsive double hyphen Why do you insult my Underwood? It has not harmed you.
- tapia 4y agoBut in this very article there are m-dashes.