Allocating and right after a dash
What does that mean?
Examole here:
"It will look less enticing to savvy web surfers-and shoppers."
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A pause is indicated before "and shoppers", perhaps indicating an afterthought, or perhaps with the intention of drawing more attention to "and shoppers". However, it is written incorrectly. A hyphen is used instead of a dash.
- A pause is indicated before "and shoppers", perhaps indicating an afterthought, or perhaps with the intention of drawing more attention to "and shoppers".
- However, it is written incorrectly.
- A hyphen is used instead of a dash.
- Because dashes may be a nuisance to type (and historically were not even available in the basic ASCII character set), and because many people do not understand the difference anyway, it is fairly common to see a hyphen used instead of a dash.
- But, if a hyphen is used, there should at minimum be spaces around it.
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A pause is indicated before "and shoppers", perhaps indicating an afterthought, or perhaps with the intention of drawing more attention to "and shoppers".
However, it is written incorrectly. A hyphen is used instead of a dash. Because dashes may be a nuisance to type (and historically were not even available in the basic ASCII character set), and because many people do not understand the
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