[bksvol-discuss] Re: Handling the M Dash
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 06:55:18 -0800
Hi Marty,
I replace three hyphens with two. I hope that I'm accurate in assuming
that the appearance of three hyphens is simply an oddity of OCR, where a
long dash or two hyphens (this used to appear in books a very long time ago)
was intended.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martha Rafter
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 6:10 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Handling the M Dash
Good Morning Mayrie,
I change the m dashes to double hyphens because the m dash sounds too
much like a word with my jaws; it drives me nuts! I have run across 3
hyphens instead of just 2. What are we supposed to do in this circunstance?
Thanks!
Marty
-----Original Message-----
From: Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 11:32 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Handling the M Dash
HI Roger,
Oh, no, no, please don't insert spaces. In print, it's optional to have
spaces, but in order to comply with current braille code, we agreed long ago
to use the em dash or two hyphens without spaces around it. Please continue
with this practise.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:10 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Handling the M Dash
In the past we were asked to replace the M dash with a double hyphen. As I
understand it the Bookshare tools do that now so it is not necessary to
eliminate them. However, I am wondering something. If there is no space
before nor after the M dash, that is, if the two words that the M dash
separates become one long word with the M dash in the middle of it with no
spaces, what should we do? Do we insert the spaces or just leave it like
that?
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