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Rule "Change two hyphens to em dash"
This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.
| Description: |
Change two hyphens to em dash |
| Message: |
Consider using an em dash (—) instead of '--'. |
| Category: |
Punctuation
(ID: PUNCTUATION)
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| Link: |
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/dashes/ |
| Tags: |
[picky] |
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect: |
- This is great -- is it not?
Correction suggestion:
—
- Charles H. Long writes, "They believed in the beings referred to in the myth -- gods, animals, plants.
Correction suggestion:
—
- McDONALD, James E.: "The Coriolis Effect," bullet: Everything that moves over the surface of the Earth -- water, air, animals, machines and projectiles."
Correction suggestion:
—
- I believe in you; It will all work out -- trust me.
Correction suggestion:
—
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Correct sentences
for comparison: |
- ------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------------
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- Download: Global -- Bear -- New Note v1.0.kmmacros
- `Switchr -- switchTypes = [Switches, Dimmers, Color Lights, Color Temperature Lights].`
- -- "c2s"; -- Handle client connections
- # Setup JAVA_HOME -- useful for docker commandline
- [DEBUG] -- end configuration
- ### Lutron P-PKG1P-WH-R White Lutron P-PKG1P-WH-R Cas - - Amazon.com
- kubectl exec -ti busybox -- nslookup kubernetes.default
- draw.io -- Window Properties Report -- 01 Windows Listed
- Right Rear Quadrant -- maybe Right rear quadrant -- maybe Right Quadrant
- Game semantics -- Ganto's Ax -- Geometry of interaction -- Gilles-Gaston Granger -- Gongsun Long -- Grammaticality -- Greedy reductionism -- Grundlagen der Mathematik --
- Google Chrome Beta -- v70.0.3538.22 (Official Build) beta (64-bit) I only have 1 screen, so I can't be sure how it will work with 6.
- 09:22 -- Mode #diaspora-de [-r] by DenSchub
- Route 895 -- Anagance - Portage Vale - Goshen - Elgin - Little River - Coverdale
- end tell -- dbGrp
- DOCKER-ISOLATION-STAGE-1 all -- anywhere
- 0.5 -- 1.5 0.1
- 10.02 -- 14.07 10.01
- 3500 -- 9000 100
- Composed Net. -- 36.5 K 4.05 4
- costs -- 11 and 22
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| ID: |
TWO_HYPHENS [1]
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| Version: |
6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-26 22:33:08 +0100)
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