How to use (or not use) a hyphen

Re:How to use (or not use) a hyphen by caymanjim on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:55PM (#31209919)

I'm surprised at how much of an impact your use of the en dash here has on how I read the sentence. I found myself pausing longer between words in my inner dialogue as I read "Italian–American".

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Re:How to use (or not use) a hyphen by clmay on Friday April 29, 2022 @07:48PM (#31211908)

Prosody is wonderful, innit?

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Re:How to use (or not use) a hyphen by caymanjim on Friday April 29, 2022 @07:55PM (#31211953)

Thanks for making me look-up a word.

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