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Subject:hyphen or en-dash? From:Danielle DeVoss <dndevoss -at- mtu -dot- edu> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Mon, 29 May 2000 15:34:57 -0400 (EDT)
This is a minor editing question, but... I just received proofsheets from
my typesetter and noticed that they changed all the hyphens in compound
last names to en-dashes. For example:
Jane Doe[en-dash] Smith
instead of
Jane Doe-Smith
I looked in the manual I typically use (American Psychological
Association, 4th ed.), but there weren't any recommendations regarding
this.
