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Subject: Re: en dash
From: "Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:22:19 -0400


Examples of how I use hyphen (-), en dash (--) and em dash (---).

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I do have a copy of CMS 14 but it's at home holding up a corner of my dining table.

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From: "T. Word Smith" <techwordsmith -at- yahoo -dot- com>
What are you using en dashes for?

Any of you using regular hyphens where en dashes
should be used (for example, as called for by Chicago
14)?

Ditto em dashes.

And, what is left for regular keyboard hyphens?

Or, is such detail about the hurry-scurry world of
technical writing?

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