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I love em dashes — they are just so pretty. But the en dash also needs more love. 1 out of every, say, 7–15 of the hyphens I see should be en dashes instead.
by Ericson2314 10mo ago
I love em dashes — they are just so pretty. But the en dash also needs more love. 1 out of every, say, 7–15 of the hyphens I see should be en dashes instead.
- slashdave 10mo agoWhat about the poor negative sign? Nothing is more grating to my eye than using the hyphen in a plot.
- Ericson2314 10mo agoThat one is good too, yes indeed.
- bigstrat2003 10mo agoMaybe, but the problem with both em dash and en dash is that they are impossible to type on a typical keyboard layout. The hyphen, however, is not. Thus I'm going to keep using the hyphen because it's what I have a key for.