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Happy National Punctuation Day!
Today is September 24, which means . . . drum roll . . . it’s National Punctuation Day. In honor of this very special day, I am bringing to you a collection of archive Grammar Party posts that teach about … Continue reading
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Tagged A.L.I.C.E., apostrophe, chat bot, copy editing, em dash, en dash, hyphen, National Punctuation Day, punctuation
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Simply dashing part two: the en dash
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
Posted in copy editing, punctuation, style issues
Tagged Chicago Manual of Style, copy editing, dates, en dash, punctuation, style issues
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