ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 个月前What sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 个月前message-square67linkfedilink
minus-square404@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 个月前In properly formatted text, you use en dash for ranges. En dash: 20–40 Hyphen: 20-40 Some (most?) modern text editors will substitute two hyphens with an en dash, so you can easily generate them by typing --. (I get your point though! Just wanted to point out that there are much nicer and more appropriate glyphs than the hyphen.)
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 个月前En dash is very useful for Dates (3–20–25) Subtraction (although I think math script uses its own unique dash?) (7 – 1 = 6) Value ranges ($20–40) Then of course there’s the beautiful—and slightly different—em dash!
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 个月前Even with the en dash, it looks like subtraction to me! Haha An em dash wouldn’t, but that would also probably be too wide
In properly formatted text, you use en dash for ranges.
En dash: 20–40
Hyphen: 20-40
Some (most?) modern text editors will substitute two hyphens with an en dash, so you can easily generate them by typing
--.(I get your point though! Just wanted to point out that there are much nicer and more appropriate glyphs than the hyphen.)
En dash is very useful for
Dates (3–20–25)
Subtraction (although I think math script uses its own unique dash?) (7 – 1 = 6)
Value ranges ($20–40)
Then of course there’s the beautiful—and slightly different—em dash!
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Even with the en dash, it looks like subtraction to me! Haha
An em dash wouldn’t, but that would also probably be too wide