[bksvol-discuss] Re: recurring scanning flaw
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:24:20 -0800 (PST)
Jill,
There are 3 different kinds of dashed: a hyphen, and
em dash, and an en dash. I never knew what an en dash
was for until the subject came up here recently --
apprently, though I've been using hyphens for words
like twenty-four, brother-in-law, other compund words
that are supposed to be separated, one is technically
supposed to use an en dahs, which is longer than a
hyphen and shorter than an em dash.
An em dash is used when another though interrupts a
sentence -- sort of a parenthetical thought but not in
parentheses.Example: "Austin could see the black line
of trees in the darkness em dash with only a few more
hdegerows to bridge em dash when they heard the thrump
of helicpoter rotors coming from the direction of the
chatesu."
Or a break of an idea but in the same sentence.
examples from a book I'm looking at now: "the best I
can do is maybe Aberdeen emdash and I can't reach
there before the jets arrive."
Also, an interrupted sentence or thought which is
different from an unfinished thought, which would use
ellipses. example: "The second one's a Bell Jet Rang
em dash" Hanley started to say.
It sounds like Jaws is putting em dashes where they
belong. What does it say for hyphens?
Cindy
Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I finally concluded that when I hear JAWS say m-, it
> is actually just a
> dash; at least that's what is showing on the braille
> display. Why JAWS
> should say m- is beyond me.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:41 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: recurring scanning
> flaw
>
>
> > Hi, Jill,
> >
> > I'm not quite sure what you mean by the m- symbol.
> In
> > the book I'm validating now, there are em dashes
> where
> > there should just be a normal between-word space.
> In
> > the book I just finished, the letter m by itself
> > should have been the word "in."
> >
> > I'd need to see some examples to know what yours
> > should be, but if you think it should be a comma,
> go
> > ahead and change it. When I'm typing I frequently
> it
> > the em key instead of the comma key and have to
> change
> > it.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > -- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > The book I am presently validating has many m-
> > > symbols. Does anyone know if this should be
> replaced
> > > by a comma? That's what seems to be called for
> in
> > > most, but not necessarily all, instances.
> > >
> >
> >
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