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How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-)

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650 points Stratoscope | 1 comments | 27 Mar 25 20:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.297s | source
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a3w ◴[27 Mar 25 20:49 UTC] No.43498011[source]▶
> spans pages 128–34.

Who omits the 1 from the second number?! That is aweful!

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mkehrt ◴[27 Mar 25 21:05 UTC] No.43498172[source]▶
What if it's 124 to 127? would you really type 124–127, or 124–7?
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1. rossant ◴[27 Mar 25 21:24 UTC] No.43498357[source]▶
The latter, I believe.