• HEXN3T
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    10 days ago

    There’s a difference between (this—this) and (this–this).

    I will always use the latter because I am not bothering with typing allat.

    I am not AI. Probably.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      1210 days ago

      I have a script that turns this – into this — on my computer, but tbf I’m probably an AI so that tracks.

      • @deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        29 days ago

        what percentage of my body needs to be microplastics to be considered artificial? because we all might be AI

      • @Reyali@lemmy.world
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        19 days ago

        I use alt+0151 for em dashes and alt+0150 for en dashes, or if I’m in Word or Outlook I use its autocorrect to trigger them (“word - word ” turns into an en dash while “word–word “ turns into an em dash).

        But now I’m starting to avoid them. I’m just glad AI hasn’t ruined semicolons yet (especially since I’m using them sometimes to replace em dashes).

    • There are three:

      • hyphen - separate parts of compound words
      • n-dash – used for ranges; often replaced by hyphens
      • m-dash — used as a replacement for parentheses or semicolons

      In flat text, use two hyphens for the m-dash and one for both hyphens and n-dash.

      • HEXN3T
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        210 days ago

        I use that for lists. Double hyphen is also more distinct.