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Gives it away every time (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I never see anyone in posts about this point out that many common word processors autocorrect en-dashes to em-dashes depending on what follows. Plenty of documents written by humans have em-dashes in them because autocorrect put them there.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    En dash isn't the hyphen-minus and is not on the keyboard. It's a separate kind of dash, typically used for ranges like ‘1939–45’.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I've been using them for a long time, as they are also used in German typography like em dashes in English typography – only surrounded by spaces. They are easy to type on a Linux or MacOS keyboards layout (E.g. Opt+-)

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The only autocorrect I liked because I have no clue how to manually insert an em-dash otherwise

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    There were a couple years where spelling/ grammar checks where it would always correct like half of the regular dashes id use into em dashes, and id have to copy an email dash after I spell checked, then ctrl +f all the regular dashes and replace them with the coppied em dash

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