From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67231 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cecil Westerhof Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Use of em dash and en dash Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:44 +0100 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0315822072==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300701136 11408 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2011 09:52:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:52:16 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Mar 21 10:52:12 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 1Q1bmW-0006VJ-6m for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:52:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7021CAB39; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:52:02 +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 7leV8slc64dx; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E61B3CAB24; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:49 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98C4CAB24 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:48 +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 VZjadlLDmn53 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-nij.mf.surf.net (filter2-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.153]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB1BCCAAFF for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com (mail-fx0-f41.google.com [209.85.161.41]) by filter2-nij.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2L9LuKs024113 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:21:57 +0100 Original-Received: by fxm18 with SMTP id 18so6875070fxm.14 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:51:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=jVgERl6DOIxG34E5VYAlyF+wpTQZiXA9gU1DQZXhWho=; b=N5Z8imgQ2TQ6fiLtY3pWetDBtzhKWL7h+BrOTTVrJ6QQaDRyG9MH/2D7S005uSrCW9 0gU/T+2Pti89P0vEpu1G0JGvdKrI5xEoIXSqgLPG1AbCTRbxXvhPdPcV7CI5+r63nhy/ 6GuQw3EjEzgdhbE2eB8xNqZDi11NM6I8QEXwQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=n4ijXkD0mYC+7dlRxNVgXbf5HEflblR5PGakfcuD+W++EzFXHR5oZ1MAaOuCwO1fyX dVHax+C1NMmJSpqOlHf3QyvYjPyWf0ReCo647kBl0frGltqRaeX3TL7+IROEApb63JMb klwMBP5X2kWRQH4N6iFy35ro/h0JqSJ62GrsY= Original-Received: by 10.223.14.207 with SMTP id h15mr1738786faa.50.1300701104529; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:51:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.223.110.71 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:51:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.161.41; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0aElJlUa0 - 81b9ea4acbfc - 20110321 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.153 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:67231 Archived-At: --===============0315822072== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174485ac4b62af049efb1301 --0015174485ac4b62af049efb1301 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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? In which other places should they be used? -- Cecil Westerhof --0015174485ac4b62af049efb1301 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Until now I always used a - (minus sign) to define a sub sentence or for an= optional word, like:
=A0=A0=A0 This is -now- not necessary,

I un= derstood that normally you use the em dash for this. But for only a word, t= his seems a little big. Could I then use an en dash or should I keep using = a minus sign?

In which other places should they be used?

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= Cecil Westerhof
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