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Subject:Re: Re: Using M-dash and N-dash From:"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Tue, 10 Feb 2004 19:03:16 -0500
Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
> Okay, amend that. Take samples of each, show them to all
> those people and ask them if they see any difference and
> impart any different meaning to the different symbols.
You are right, nobody notices overtly. A better test would be to show a few
pages of text written with proper em/en dashes, and another sample with
hyphens instead of em/en dashes - then ask them which sample looks more
professional.
