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Old 08-14-2009, 12:31 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by corroonb View Post
Yes, somewhat, thanks.

So this kind of thing is acceptable in certain cases?

The case you mention is rather more clear cut than what I was thinking of. In a book I'm proofing I've come across a double hyphenated word and because it appears to be in the original text, I chose to leave it as it was even though I thought it was stylistically horrible. The book isn't even that old either.
Sometimes two hyphens in a row are used to represent an mdash. I always try and replace them.

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