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minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoem dashes, en dashes, and commas have different meanings and uses
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoaren’t all of them “do a short pause”?
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agono. comma: do a short pause hyphen: connect two related concept words to loosely create a new word en dash: signify a range em dash: do an abrupt, possibly long, pause or signify an attribution ellipses: do a trailing, possibly long, pause
em dashes, en dashes, and commas have different meanings and uses
aren’t all of them “do a short pause”?
no.