ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-square404@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoIn properly formatted text, you use en dash for ranges. En dash: 20–40 Hyphen: 20-40 Some (most?) modern text editors will substitute two hyphens with an en dash, so you can easily generate them by typing --. (I get your point though! Just wanted to point out that there are much nicer and more appropriate glyphs than the hyphen.)
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·37 minutes agoEven with the en dash, it looks like subtraction to me! Haha An em dash wouldn’t, but that would also probably be too wide
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoEn dash is very useful for Dates (3–20–25) Subtraction (although I think math script uses its own unique dash?) (7 – 1 = 6) Value ranges ($20–40) Then of course there’s the beautiful—and slightly different—em dash!
In properly formatted text, you use en dash for ranges.
En dash: 20–40
Hyphen: 20-40
Some (most?) modern text editors will substitute two hyphens with an en dash, so you can easily generate them by typing
--.(I get your point though! Just wanted to point out that there are much nicer and more appropriate glyphs than the hyphen.)
Even with the en dash, it looks like subtraction to me! Haha
An em dash wouldn’t, but that would also probably be too wide
En dash is very useful for
Dates (3–20–25)
Subtraction (although I think math script uses its own unique dash?) (7 – 1 = 6)
Value ranges ($20–40)
Then of course there’s the beautiful—and slightly different—em dash!
ISO 8601 or GTFO