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Tag Archives: Punctuation
The Em-Dash, En-Dash, and Hyphen
Among my many faults as a writer, I tend to overuse the dash—the em-dash, that is. A colon would work just fine in beginning a list or creating a long enough pause to make the phrase or clause that follows … Continue reading
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Tagged Grammar, Punctuation
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Editorial Pet Peeves #1: The Double Space After the Period
One of the first acts I perform when I receive a manuscript electronically is to find-and-replace double spaces with single spaces. It takes only a few seconds and it removes all those unnecessary gaps between words that will only irritate … Continue reading
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Tagged Manuscripts, Parts of Speech, Punctuation
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Martin Rowe 