en or em dash
en or em dash
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- monospaced0
I guess the main reason that em dashes have no place in headlines (scarabin) is that a headline is rarely, if ever, a complex sentence in and of itself. AMOK's link doesn't mention headlines specifically, but it does state this:
"Parenthetical expressions may be set off by brackets, parentheses, em dashes, or commas. Commas should be used for the least interruption in the sentence, followed by em dashes, parentheses, and brackets for progressively greater disconnection."
Basically, if your headline includes a parenthetical expression, it's a terrible headline and probably should be reworded.
- Agreed.welded
- Not to mention that they simply don't look good in that contextmonospaced
- good response here. now going in to fight my copywriter :) (cocks 9mm)TheeOtherJuan
- nobody can tell me what is or isn't a good headline, that varies with publicationscarabin
- you're trying to say it has to do with grammar now and not punctuation at all, which is bullshitscarabin
- i was debating the punctuation itselfscarabin
- punctuation and grammar are intimately linked and it's nearly impossible to argue thatmonospaced