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JSWolf · 10-26-2007, 02:45 PM

I'm liking "word – word" as opposed to "word—word". I can tell the first is not just a dash and because of the spacing I read it as though it was — and not a -. Also, it makes less of a chance of "word—word" being too long to fit on the previous line when "word – word" would let the first word go on the line above.

10-26-2007, 02:45 PM	#28
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,173 Karma: 148951761 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm liking "word – word" as opposed to "word—word". I can tell the first is not just a dash and because of the spacing I read it as though it was — and not a -. Also, it makes less of a chance of "word—word" being too long to fit on the previous line when "word – word" would let the first word go on the line above.