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Subject:Re: Space cadets, all. From:Rogers Cadenhead <rcade -at- AIRMAIL -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:51:04 -0500
At 07:51 PM 7/16/96 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy -at- nextlevel -dot- com> wrote:
>I remember the en-dash (or was that 'em-dash'?) wars, but even that was
>not as noisy as this thread. It seems the more insignificant the
>punctuation, the more worked-up people get over is <sigh>.
It was the en-dash, as you well know. Also, a point of order: There's
no punctuation less significant than the en-dash. If it weren't for the
numeric series (12-40, 18-90, and so on), the en-dash would have gone the
way of the passenger pigeon.
Make a difference ... use an en-dash today.
Rogers Cadenhead
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