Thursday
May122011
Thursday, May 12, 2011 Let’s put a dash of punctuation into the mix
Visit www.period.com. (I said what I mean — decimal point.)
Did this intro earn me percentage dots in your mind?
If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, then you’re experiencing the same confusion proofreaders and others see when reading something with the wrong usage of a hyphen (-), an en dash (–) or an em dash (—).
Hey, I heard that collective groan. Stay with me, folks, because this will be a quick and easy lesson.
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