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Sabardeyn · 07-31-2013, 06:14 PM

Not to mention that in many cases in previously edited ebooks many users will change dashes/en dashes/em dashes to comply with their own display preferences. For instance, word—word is frequently changed to word - word (note the added spaces). While grammatically incorrect (per Chicago Manual of Style), it is frequently changed to something similar to allow for better line breaks, or as a form of "soft hyphening".

07-31-2013, 06:14 PM	#3
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	Not to mention that in many cases in previously edited ebooks many users will change dashes/en dashes/em dashes to comply with their own display preferences. For instance, word—word is frequently changed to word - word (note the added spaces). While grammatically incorrect (per Chicago Manual of Style), it is frequently changed to something similar to allow for better line breaks, or as a form of "soft hyphening". Last edited by Sabardeyn; 07-31-2013 at 06:18 PM.