Tag Archives: dates

Simply dashing part two: the en dash

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

In part two of this series, we have reached the middle of our longest to shortest dash/hyphen set. The en dash: not quite an em dash, not quite a hyphen, and not quite as useful as either. I’m really selling … Continue reading →

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One little endian, two little endians: Formatting dates across the globe

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

The proper way to format dates in America is to write month, day, comma, year. Like this: May 27, 1950 However, as you are no doubt aware, this is the proper way to format a date in America. Different countries … Continue reading →

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Fortnight and Four Score

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Lesson: Understanding uncommon names for units of time Most units of time are easy enough to grasp. Day, week, hour. Yeah, got it. We learned that in first grade. But when it comes to more obscure terms, it’s easy to … Continue reading →

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