I Miss Using Em Dashes

https://bassi.li/articles/i-miss-using-em-dashes

#HackerNews #I #Miss #Using #Em #Dashes #writing #style #punctuation #nostalgia

#English is tough 😥:

“How To Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–), And Hyphens (-)”, Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43497719

#Punctuation #Hyphens #Dashes #EmDash #EnDash #Language #Style #Writing

I’m with #JohnGreen on this one: I love the correct use of dashes—whether en- or em-sized. In fact I had committed to memory the correct keystrokes in both #Linux and #macOS to enter either:

Linux:
en dash: ⎄ + - + - + .
em dash: ⎄ + - + - + -

macOS:
en dash: ⌥ + -
em dash: ⌥ + ⇧ + -

https://youtu.be/Bd8r7LUiUJA

#dashes #punctuation

Dashes - Do you know your hyphens from your en and em dashes?
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #dashes #hyphen #emdash #endash #writercommunity #writingtips #writingadvice

http://georgelthomas.com/2018/11/13/dashes/

Word Search Puzzle 237

Word List : #dashes #hovel #solar #conduced #agalena #kreuzers #delimed #autor #bullwork #amidward #sterlet #vivre #impales #henbits #spurdog #askingly #acarina #ashir

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-237/

Dashes - Do you know your hyphens from your en and em dashes?
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #dashes #hyphen #emdash #endash

https://georgelthomas.com/2018/11/13/dashes/

Emily Dickinson's birthday and dashes in Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop. #111Words #EmilyDickinson #ImNobody #RobertFrost #TheRoadNotTaken #ElizabethBishop #Dashes #Poetry https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2022/12/emily-dickinsons-birthday-and-dashes-in.html

Today in my #free #editor #publishing #industry #newsletter: A client's #erotic "#biker #BDSM" #novel gets #signed; #tips on the #history and #usage of #dashes; a review of #Nightbitch and others; and fascinating questions from #ESL #Redditors. https://jasonpettus.substack.com/p/an-erotic-novel-gets-signed-tips?s=w

There are `people-that-use-dashes` and `people_that_use_underscores`.

It seems to me that people who use dashes rarely use them where the agreement is to use underscores.

On the opposite, where agreement is to use dashes there is always someone who decides to use underscores. This is really frustrating.

#programming #frustration #underscores #dashes #agreement #policy

https://boffosocko.com/2019/05/23/dashes-and-hyphens-a-comprehensive-guide-the-week/