I have heard m dash when I was reading something. I thought it was some weird jaws thing. When I arrowed back to find it; i never could.
It gets on my nerves, though. Rita----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] em dashes
To elaborate a bit on Jamie's explanation--it introduces and ends a side thought--a thought that isn't quite part of the sentence. The Princess Diary books are full of them, as, unfortunately, I suppose, is most of my writing, including here on the list. Sometimes the side thought is acplanatory, sometimes totally off point. G.Cindy --- "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:An em dash is TWO regular dashes, two regular hyphens. It signifies a pause in speaking. That's why you can't just use a regular dash (a hyphen). An em dash has always been made by typing two hyphens. Modern software turns the two hyphens into an em dash which looks like one long dash. If you go into word and type -- (hyphen hyphen with no spaces), word will turn it into an em dash which is now represented by ^+ if you're searching for it with the find command. You can tell word not to automatically convert it, if you choose. Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading - Divided in Death by J. D. Robb I'm an eBay affiliate, click here before you bid! Click here for eBay!***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AThttp://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htmA LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.htmlJake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG.Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1342 - Release Date: 3/25/2008 10:26 AM
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