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		nemomarx 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cost of transparency: Living with schizoaffect... Out of curiosity, why em dashes and not en dashes? Is one easier to type in a particular keyboard layout or the default in some editor?

Alex3917 3 months ago [–]

em dashes are for denoting emphasis, whereas en dashes are for connecting compound words or phrases.

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