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		milchek 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the em dash is attracting unfair suspicion This is the way that I’ve been writing for years, mainly because I was too lazy to use the key or shortcut for em dash. But also because in school no one ever made a big deal about the length of the dash when writing - or I just wasn’t paying enough attention.

fzzzy 3 months ago | [–]

That’s a hyphen, not an en dash.

cwillu 3 months ago | [–]

    -    < key between 0 and =
    –   < en-dash [compose] [-] [-] [.]
    — < em-dash [compose] [-] [-] [-]

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