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Originally Posted by JSWolf
In the case of words such as ten-year-old, those as not hyphens. Those are dashes.
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Sorry Jon, but that
is a hyphen. Your example is a compound word and only a hyphens should be used to connect them.
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Now if you had a word such as some-times, then yes, you have a hyphen that doesn't belong. But in most eBooks I've been reading, I've not seen a hyphen.
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Well I have plenty of books that have hyphens where there should be either an emdash or endash (choice dependent on the style rules being followed.)
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I've seen dashes (they are not hyphens) and the hyphens I do see are added in on the fly by the reading software. So what you are worrying about is nothing at all. Hyphens/dashes are not the issue you make them out to be. If you have a scanned eBook that you scanned,just search for hyphens/dashes and delete the ones that are hyphens and leave the dashes. Simple really.
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You are talking about hyphenation for text justification. You should make sure that that is understood. icallaci is talking about hyphens used for other legitimate purposes.
Personally, I don't find the full justification and automatic hyphenation done in my ereaders to be very good, so I removed justification from books I edit unless I think there is a reason for it. It has improved over time and it generally doesn't bug me to much if I am reading a purchased kepub. Yes, I could try the improved hyphenation dictionary, but it isn't worth the effort if I am already editing the book.