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[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago

em dashes, en dashes, and commas have different meanings and uses

[-] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

aren't all of them "do a short pause"?

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago

no.

  • comma: do a short pause
  • hyphen: connect two related concept words to loosely create a new word
  • en dash: signify a range
  • em dash: do an abrupt, possibly long, pause or signify an attribution
  • ellipses: do a trailing, possibly long, pause
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