Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and hyphen

Re:Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and ... by IIAOPSW on Sunday March 12, 2023 @07:04AM (#35118711)

The "unreadable" sample is very much readable. We can all read it. No one is tripping up trying to figure out what a "money-rather" is.

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Re:Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and ... by floodle on Sunday March 12, 2023 @07:10AM (#35118753)

Not for me. It's readable, but my brain has to do more work. When I get to "money-rather" my brain trips up slightly, and then I'm confused until the next dash, then I go back and figure it out.

All possible and dealt with in under a second, but in the first example with the longer dash my brain recognises a parenthesis and I take a little "breath pause" before carrying on.

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Re:Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and ... by zelphirkalt on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:01AM (#35119108)

Also consider, that eye movement is not always linear from left to right. But I agree, brain has to do more work and it is slightly confusing.

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Re:Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and ... by OGWhales on Sunday March 12, 2023 @02:17PM (#35123946)

I can read it, but it definitely trips me up.

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