Liz, I see your point. I thought Bud meant that normal words inside sentences were scanning with extra dashes between the words. I can see I should have asked him for clarification. You're right that the long dashes and such should be retained if they are part of the writer's style.
Monica Willyard liz halperin wrote:
If all those darn dashes, either short dashes or the longer em-dashes (which I hate), are part of the author's writing style, you have to leave them! You can't just go ditching them. Liz, struggling with the danged em-d ashes in current book Liz Halperin Portland, OR lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:31 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] all those darn dashes Hi Gang,In some books they put dashes between some words, I guess in place of a comma or something like that. Anyway the book I'm scanning now has many of them and it doesn't read very well with the dashes in there It makes sense if you go letter by letter and spell it out, but for regular reading so often you can't even tell what it is saying. I had thought of deleting all dashes but then that wouldn't leave a space between the two words and it would be just as bad. Does anybody have a good solution for that or should I just ignore them and scan merrily on?Thanks. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, CaliforniaTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
