From: Ulrike Fischer <news3@nililand.de>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Use of em dash and en dash
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1t19go6mw3zp9$.dlg@nililand.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimewHw=rzAJP6Jdbr8L97+f5hL7YPCc7j4SoGHL@mail.gmail.com>
Am Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:44 +0100 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
> Until now I always used a - (minus sign) to define a sub sentence or for an
> optional word, like:
> This is -now- not necessary,
>
> I understood that normally you use the em dash for this. But for only a
> word, this seems a little big. Could I then use an en dash or should I keep
> using a minus sign?
It depends. In germany I would use an en dash and put spaces around
it: dies ist -- noch -- nicht notwendig.
Older english books often use --- without spaces: is---now. But
spaces and endash with spaces are used too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#En_dash_versus_em_dash
So check the typography rules of your country/language.
--
Ulrike Fischer
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2011-03-21 9:51 Cecil Westerhof
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