Dashes


Somebody was talking about em dashes last week, and the fight to preserve them. I use so many of the damn things that no copy editor would ever be able to kill them all.

What I want to know is, what's up with the dash in AK-47/AK47, M-16/M16, M-4/M4, etc. Do they belong, not belong -- some copy editors want to kill 'em, some add 'em.

Personally, I usually go with what the guy holding the gun says, but that's just me . . .
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

As a writer,I've been pondering those dashes to no avail for years. Actually, I don't even know which I use, and have probably varied them from book to book.

Fortunately, my recent hero(ine)s have used feather dusters and hard kosher salamis to combat evil. Makes things easier.

February 4, 2009 at 11:33 AM
jd said...

I prefer a good hunk of sopressata myself....

February 8, 2009 at 12:35 PM

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