• grue@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    As an actual human who uses em dashes — or usually, two or three hyphens that turn into an em dash in Markdown — I feel personally attacked.

    • Ginny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 days ago

      I will usually just use one (1) hyphen for that purpose - in the much same way that I will use "…" instead of “…” - because I like to upset typography nerds.

      • Zarobi@aussie.zone
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        8 days ago

        Have you tried using the dedicated triple dot character (…) instead of three separate dots (…)? It’s a life changer