I was using that instead, but my British editors said "not necessary; we're tired of deleting the extra dash/space." Works for me!
Grammar Issue: Spacing After a Period
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I was using that instead, but my British editors said "not necessary; we're tired of deleting the extra dash/space." Works for me!
Yeah, I do two dashes when I want an emdash. Means the same thing to me.
That's another relic of the typewriter age. Since most typewriters didn't have the option of an em dash, two hyphens were used to represent a long dash in typed manuscripts.
For the same reason, underlining was used for text that would be set in italic type when it went to the typesetter.
Ugh -- typewriters. I always hated those clunky machines. Even 45 years ago, I knew there had to be something better.
I've always used the double-dash to represent the em-dash, since long before I even knew what an em dash was. Now WordPerfect converts it for me.
I always hated having to underline on a typewriter to represent italics and I hated it more when I OCRed all my old stories; it didn't convert very well.
I always hated having to underline on a typewriter to represent italics and I hated it more when I OCRed all my old stories; it didn't convert very well.
I remember using a typewriter as a kid. I had to type some of my first school papers on one. When we got a computer with a word processor, I was thrilled. No more correction tape, no more wasted paper, no more jamming keys!
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Uh Oh! using the wrong hand to push the carriage back!
(I checked the woman typist at the beginning and the overlap on his jacket to make sure the video wasn't flipped). There are a couple of other performances of this bit on YouTube and even with a prop typwriter he switches hands mid act.
Somebody below the frame must have slipped that piece of paper onto the table while he was "typing".
Maybe he’s typing in Hebrew.
Maybe he’s typing in Hebrew.
LOLz! That was funny.
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