#hyphens — Public Fediverse posts

Saw "nonhabit-forming" in a book and wanted to parse it (nonsensically) as "forming of non-habit".

I wrote about these tricky hyphens once: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/

#punctuation #hyphens #semantics #writing #EnglishUsage

#Design #Guides
Using dashes · How to apply them more mindfully than AI https://ilo.im/16axcj

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#Dashes #Hyphens #Commas #Typography #Content #Blog #Website #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".

This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.

#punctuation #hyphens #writing #StyleGuide #language #orthography

Working on a sort of (very very) simple #SolarSystem #Civ type game. Just in #linux #terminal for now, because much easier for me. Learning a lot about #python and the importance of indentation.

Makes me want to create a #programming language that uses #EmDashes, #EnDashes, and #hyphens. Just because.

- function
– blah
— blah blah

Planets revolve around the sun, ships travel between planets. basic resource use and collection.

Full disclosure: #Google #Gemini is tutoring me.

#English is tough 😥:

“How To Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–), And Hyphens (-)”, Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43497719

#Punctuation #Hyphens #Dashes #EmDash #EnDash #Language #Style #Writing

How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use

#HackerNews #EmDashes #EnDashes #Hyphens #Grammar #WritingTips #Language

People will be wondering how to use hyphens till the coworkers come home

#hyphens #spelling #EnglishUsage #writing #WritingCommunity

Speaking of dread, the weirdest line break I've seen in a while, and in a linguistics book: "min-dreading"

#hyphens #dread #typesetting #words #reading

Reading a book that keeps referring to "anti-social housing policy". That is not the same thing as "anti-social-housing policy"

Writers: multiple hyphenation is your friend

#writing #editing #punctuation #hyphens #ambiguity

What's your preferred style for this word?

If you're not sure, you may find this analysis helpful: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/

#spelling #writing #proofreading #WritingCommunity #orthography #hyphens #copyediting #edibuddies

Pronunciation of #hyphens

#rude /s 😳😆