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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by quanloh on Friday March 28, 2025 @01:46AM (#43501944)
In my region at least, -5 ~ -2°C, or -5°C ~ -2°C. If the something is making people confuse, we replace it with a suitable substitution. Re-educating people is really just last resort. Is there anything keeping us from changing it other than ego?
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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by CRConrad on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @07:46PM (#43627569)
In all countries I've lived in (and until right now, I thought the entire world), that would mean "-5 is approximately equal to -2".
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