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		zappb 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the em dash is attracting unfair suspicion I assume those are people who write their comments in MS Word and copy the text with its smart quotes.

vincent-manis 5 months ago [–]

Sorry, I wouldn't be caught dead using Word. I use quotation marks because that is the correct punctuation.

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