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gerdesjtoday at 1:02 AM1 replyview on HN

When you feel the need to dive in with a dash (m, n or otherwise), why not stop ... think for a while: consider going in with a colon instead?


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thwartedtoday at 1:07 AM

Emdashes are useful for an embedded appositive phrase, which a colon can't handle the same way.

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