From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67232 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ulrike Fischer Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Use of em dash and en dash Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:12 +0100 Message-ID: <1t19go6mw3zp9$.dlg@nililand.de> References: Reply-To: news3@nililand.de, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300702130 16780 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2011 10:08:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:08:50 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Mar 21 11:08:44 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q1c2W-0004uX-05 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD580CAB34; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:34 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id fNnmvY68Hg5g; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC723CAB24; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0BDCCAB24 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:29 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id mj5r5yUWqGMu for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:18 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (filter1-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.69]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E5B5CAB19 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:18 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2LA8QMa018599 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:26 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q1c2C-0004o1-0x for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:24 +0100 Original-Received: from p5dd1d537.dip.t-dialin.net ([93.209.213.55]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:24 +0100 Original-Received: from news3 by p5dd1d537.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:08:24 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5dd1d537.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.41de X-Bayes-Prob: 0.9426 (Score 4.2, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.91.229.12; country=NO; latitude=62.0000; longitude=10.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=62.0000,10.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 06ElK8qOp - 9bfa613a6027 - 20110321 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.69 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:67232 Archived-At: 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________