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Old 07-25-2014, 08:49 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post

Personally, I think the best bet is to join the punctuation (emdashes, endashes and ellipses being the big offenders) to the prior word, and leave a space after. This gives you a "split the baby" approach. I find an emdash starting a new line, or an ellipsis, far odder than ending one. FWIW; everyone has their own opinions on this topic.

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Thanks for all the suggestions; you've all given me a lot to think about.

Hitch, could you tell me please what you mean by 'join the punctuation... to the prior word'? How do you do that?

Jon, I'm afraid I like ndashes a lot better than mdashes - perhaps because I have some visual impairment. As Hitch implies tastes vary.
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