The hyphen is really good

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > The hyphen is really good

Nyan Bread: Mar 17, 2006

The feudal practice of using a space-less long hyphen to convey a pause—over the shorter hyphen - that's commonly present on keyboards, should be held on the same level of contempt in grammar court as the crime of doubling up the s-es at the end of possessives' apostrophes

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Nyan Bread: Mar 17, 2006

CloFan posted:

The double dash is a good technique-- I like the way it looks,

# ¿ Jan 29, 2022 03:32

Nyan Bread: Mar 17, 2006

The tilde is a benevolent companion that helps you ballpark your awkward sentiments in the most disarming of ways, even if it has a peculiar tendency of being passive aggressive at times and remain close to a grave.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2022 06:03

Nyan Bread: Mar 17, 2006

I reckon the OP has made all of ~420 good posts in their career.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2022 06:17

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