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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by california-og on Thursday March 27, 2025 @11:34PM (#43501248)
The last one was a gotcha: it's their newly established York–London flight!

Try Our New York–London Flight Connection.

Or if it was New York:

Try Our New York – London Flight Connection.

Note the additional spaces. Agree on the capitalization though.

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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by handoflixue on Friday March 28, 2025 @12:22AM (#43501506)
> Try Our New York – London Flight Connection.

I'd wager serious money that if you put that on a sign and surveyed people, at least in the US, they'd all still conclude it is a "New York" to "London" flight.

What's the use of a communication tool, if it doesn't actually communicate anything to real people?

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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by voidUpdate on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:33AM (#43504083)
York doesn't have an active airport
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