Arthur Gladwell
Arthur Gladwell

Dec 4, 2020

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… the hyphen, the tiny but stalwart star of phone numbers and compound adjectives like “ill-advised” (as in “his ill-advised Clara Pe… the hyphen, the tiny but stalwart star of phone numbers and compound adjectives like “ill-advised” (as in “his ill-advised Clara Peller reference ensured that no one would keep reading”).

How to Use — and Not Use — the Almighty Em Dash
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Peter Rubin

ha! By the way, I hate the use of highlighted readers comments. Really disrupts the flow.

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