en or em dash

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    the way i use them:

    dashes are supposed to link two-words together or a wo rd that splits in half on a line break.

    em dashes are used to link sentences. normally a comma or period would suffice – to show an easy relation between the two. Where commas are used throughout in over various not connecting reasons.

    • Wrong. Hyphens link two words together. Dashes are for running copy.monospaced
    • true, but in the context of en vs em
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    • i'm concluding that en dash and hyphens are the same
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    • if you think an en and em dash are the same then you're an idiotmonospaced
    • i was thinking en and hyphens were the same, but apparently they're different
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    • in the context of the computer keyboard, they're visually very similar
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    • however you cannot get en and em mixed up
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    • good boymonospaced

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