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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Is the usage dash "--" okay?
Context:
On the way, he spoke to us in a perfect native Tianjinese accent. We mentioned Mr.Chern, and he reacted at once --
"Chen Shengshen? A great mathematician, wonderful! Every Tianjinese who has ears knows him! What a talent he is!"
In "at once -- ", I used "--", not "-". Is it okay?
On the way, he spoke to us in a perfect native Tianjinese accent. We mentioned Mr.Chern, and he reacted at once --
"Chen Shengshen? A great mathematician, wonderful! Every Tianjinese who has ears knows him! What a talent he is!"
In "at once -- ", I used "--", not "-". Is it okay?
Top answer
Hello Jobb The dash ('em dash') is slightly longer than the hyphen, so if you're unable to do a dash, it's better to do a double hyphen than just one hyphen. ) You can do an 'en dash' by holding down ALT while typing 0150 on the number pad, thus: – An 'en dash' is slightly longer than a hyphen (properly, it = the width of the letter N in the font used), but shorter than an 'em dash'. g.
- Hello Jobb The dash ('em dash') is slightly longer than the hyphen, so if you're unable to do a dash, it's better to do a double hyphen than just one hyphen.
- ) You can do an 'en dash' by holding down ALT while typing 0150 on the number pad, thus: – An 'en dash' is slightly longer than a hyphen (properly, it = the width of the letter N in the font used), but shorter than an 'em dash'.
- g.
- pp137–8, 1939–45.
- MrP
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Hello Jobb
The dash ('em dash') is slightly longer than the hyphen, so if you're unable to do a dash, it's better to do a double hyphen than just one hyphen.
You can do an 'em dash' on your keyboard by holding down ALT while typing 0151 on the number pad, thus: —
(Some people say this isn't a proper 'em dash', as an 'em dash' should be the width of the letter M in th
The dash ('em dash') is slightly longer than the hyphen, so if you're unable to do a dash, it's better to do a double hyphen than just one hyphen.
You can do an 'em dash' on your keyboard by holding down ALT while typing 0151 on the number pad, thus: —
(Some people say this isn't a proper 'em dash', as an 'em dash' should be the width of the letter M in th
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By the way — did you want to say 'what a talent he is', or 'what a talent he has'?
This is an interesting series of posts. I'm looking forward to finding out more about Mr C.
MrP
This is an interesting series of posts. I'm looking forward to finding out more about Mr C.
MrP
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Would it be better if you put "the" instead of "a"?
"Chen Shengshen? The great mathematician, wonderful!
"Chen Shengshen? The great mathematician, wonderful!
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