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- Projectile
Grammar Nazis, come hither- I have a question for you.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT BEST TO USE A COMMA- A DASH CAN LESSEN THE NEED FOR A FULLSTOP
Given a little poetic license, is this sentence ok, and where exactly would the dash go, would it be as above- letter, dash, space, letter?
I'd love to know more about the lesser evil here, as fullstops at the end of sub-headers can really mess with a layout
- jaylarson0
i think you mean —
- Mulatu0
I prefer semi-colons.
- Mulatu0
Also, if you use a dash - there's a space on both sides.
- i_monk0
There are two conventions:
spaceENDASHspace
or
nospaceEMDASHnospaceAlso, "best not to use" rather than "not best to use".
- There is a place for an em and an en. They are not interchangeablemonospaced
- Continuity0
Trying to limit/eliminate run-on sentences should probably come first.
- I unfortunately have no say on the copy on this — this tweak will probably still be rejected :sProjectile
- now that en dash just looks oddProjectile
- Yeah, I would have used a semi-colon instead. Separate — yet related — thought.Continuity
- fresnobob0
As far as I learned, you always use an Em dash in a case like that. Whether or not there is a space before and after though is a matter of personal preference...
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT BEST TO USE A COMMA—A DASH CAN LESSEN THE NEED FOR A FULLSTOP
I always though en dashes were for numbers and things like that. i.e. thats why when you seen monospaced fonts with dashes in use they tend to use 2 en dashes instead of just one.
- some dudes use a hairline space before and after toofresnobob
- popfodders0
I tend to use semicolons myself, however, they don't do my sentences the proper justice.
- Mulatu0
I tend to use semicolons myself; however, they don't do my sentences the proper justice.
That works.