Em dashes and emojis

  • pseudo@jlai.lu
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    2 days ago

    Or she actually cares about ponctuation. And that’s a lost for you.

      • Rose@slrpnk.net
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        2 days ago

        I keep Character Map™ at hand in Windows® just for random punctuation and stuff ©. gucharmap or something similar in Linux.

        In word processors I’ve set up automatic formatting so that double minus (--) turns to en dash (–) and triple minus (---) turns to em dash (—).

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        No but good-quality writing software add change the short dash automatically when the context is right. You can also keep a list of shortcut on your destop as memo or tap “Em Dash” on your search engine to find an example to copy paste.

        I don’t know how to use them in English but I’m very carefull about using them right in my mother tongue.

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          2 days ago

          I generally disable a lot of auto-formatting when I do long writing sessions, so I guess I don’t relate.

          • Daedskin@lemmy.zip
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            2 days ago

            No; I use it decently often. I also know that typing “2014” and pressing alt-x in Word will insert an emdash if I don’t have access to a number pad.