No spaces around m-dashes!
Sophia, keyboard shortcut in Word is ctrl+alt and the number pad (10-key? What's it called?) dash.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Nov 06, 2014 8:30:07 am PST #9823 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Zenkitty - Nov 06, 2014 8:37:54 am PST #9824 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
IEEE style neither requires nor forbids spaces around emdashes, requiring only that their use must be consist within the article. Personally, I prefer emdashes without spaces, and will change usage to that. Unless the author gives me grief about it, in which case I give in because life is short.
Connie Neil - Nov 06, 2014 8:40:07 am PST #9825 of 30000
brillig
in which case I give in because life is short.
So many crises could be resolved with that philosophy. But then, I don't care if I "win" in these situations or not.
Dana - Nov 06, 2014 8:41:43 am PST #9826 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
This training class, which I am attending from home since I am sick, was supposed to end at 12:30. Apparently we don't care about time and will just keep talking forever, through everyone's normal lunch hours.
Kill me now, is what I'm saying.
Dana - Nov 06, 2014 8:41:45 am PST #9827 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
brenda m - Nov 06, 2014 8:46:22 am PST #9828 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I bought a wine glass with unnecessary ellipses in the text printed on it and had to get out a sharp knife and scrape them off before I could use the glass.
[FTR: It's not drinking alone if the dog is home. Ellipses after the "if". How am I supposed to live with that??]
-t - Nov 06, 2014 8:50:55 am PST #9829 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Maybe it was legitimately a longer quote originally. It's not drinking alone if [the cat's away but] the dog is home.
-t - Nov 06, 2014 8:52:34 am PST #9830 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, god, do I want to try to see the webcast of today's guest speaker? This is not a restful sick day, my friends.
erikaj - Nov 06, 2014 9:56:46 am PST #9831 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I actually have a Homicide Quote for the "seminal" conversation. Kay says "Why do you guys talk about sperm so much?"
Meldrick says "Without your daddy's sperm, none of you would be here."
Kay says "Or your mama's eggs."
Steph L. - Nov 06, 2014 10:10:07 am PST #9832 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I bought a wine glass with unnecessary ellipses in the text printed on it and had to get out a sharp knife and scrape them off before I could use the glass.
ILU forever for that.