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

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650 points Stratoscope | 2 comments | 27 Mar 25 20:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.489s | source
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perihelions ◴[27 Mar 25 20:37 UTC] No.43497887[source]▶
Dupe—https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43447819 ("How to use an en-dash and em-dash correctly?", 43 comments)
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jimnotgym ◴[27 Mar 25 21:02 UTC] No.43498126[source]▶
More interestingly it is the same highly niche subject from two different websites in two days. HN is...different
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milesrout ◴[28 Mar 25 02:56 UTC] No.43501017[source]▶
This isn't niche, it is the sort of thing every child used to have drilled into them in primary school.
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1. rkosk ◴[28 Mar 25 08:27 UTC] No.43502882[source]▶
Yeah exactly, used to. It's niche now, and has been for decades.
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2. milesrout ◴[28 Mar 25 20:18 UTC] No.43509477[source]▶
It isn't niche just because education has taken a nosedive.