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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by efilife on Thursday March 27, 2025 @07:38PM (#43499540)
worlds. world's would indicate that a world owns something.

Also, you can just write -s instead of -'s as the apostrophe indicates possession

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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by pc86 on Friday March 28, 2025 @10:38AM (#43505989)
Exactly the type of comment I'd expect to see on an HN discussion about different types of dashes.
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