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[–] solinus@lemmy.cafe 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

em dash supremacy—my friend introduced me to this and i haven't looked back since.

alt+0151 on PC, ctrl+alt+minus for word if I remember right. On mobile you go to more symbols, hold down the minus, and slide to the longest one.

Both require numeric keypad though- but using a minus and a space after can work as a substitute--as well as 2 minus signs (plus Lemmy happens to convert that to an em dash) - but like THAT? treason. absolutely not.

You can even join more than 2 independent clauses together as shown above.

[–] dave 2 points 1 year ago

Also en-dash for separating two numbers when indicating a range. I have AHK shortcuts for them both :).

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