En dash—it’s surrounded by spaces. And I don’t think the reddit engine tells you how to code it. A hyphen is the accepted substitute (for the en dash—two hyphens for an em dash).
An en dash is defined by its width, not the spacing around it. In fact, spacing around an em dash is permitted in some style guides. On the internet, though, the hyphen has generally taken over from the em dash (an en dash should not be used in that context).
Now, two hyphens—that’s a recipe for disaster if I’ve ever heard one.
FUCK YOU GRAMMAR NAZIS BURN IN HELL THERE IS ONLY ONE DASH AND ITS ASCII CODE 45 (0x2D) THE ONE ON THE KEYBOARD BETWEEN ZERO AND EQUALS I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TYPE YOUR QUEER DASHES THAT ARE LONGER TO COMPENSATE FOR YOUR TINY DICKS YOU MUST HAVE SPECIAL GAY NAZI KEYBOARDS WITH 34 BUTTONS FOR DASHES OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS YOUR MOM HAS BEARD ARGGHGLRGAGHH!!!!!!!111
FUCK YOU ASCII NAZIS WITH YOUR VERTICAL TABS AND LINE FEEDS AND OUT OF PAPER SIGNALS AND THOSE THINGS MSDOS USED TO RENDER AS SMILIES BUT ARE REALLY DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CONTROL CHARACTERS NOONE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 CAN POSSIBLY KNOW THE MEANING OF YOU MUST HAVE MECHANICAL TYPEWRITERS AT HOME AND A MODEM THE SIZE OF A ROOM TO TRANSLATE I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE HALF YOUR STUPID CODE 128 CHARACTERS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR ANYONE AND THEN YOU MADE US USE 8BIT CODEPAGES BUT NOONE CAN TELL WHICH ONE WAS USED FOR EVER AND EVER AAARGH WHY YOU SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
And while we’re at it, it should really be an em dash, not a hyphen.
En dash—it’s surrounded by spaces. And I don’t think the reddit engine tells you how to code it. A hyphen is the accepted substitute (for the en dash—two hyphens for an em dash).
An en dash is defined by its width, not the spacing around it. In fact, spacing around an em dash is permitted in some style guides. On the internet, though, the hyphen has generally taken over from the em dash (an en dash should not be used in that context).
Now, two hyphens—that’s a recipe for disaster if I’ve ever heard one.
Hey, I like double-hyphens as em-dash substitutes!
...but yeah, you’re right otherwise.
FUCK YOU GRAMMAR NAZIS BURN IN HELL THERE IS ONLY ONE DASH AND ITS ASCII CODE 45 (0x2D) THE ONE ON THE KEYBOARD BETWEEN ZERO AND EQUALS I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TYPE YOUR QUEER DASHES THAT ARE LONGER TO COMPENSATE FOR YOUR TINY DICKS YOU MUST HAVE SPECIAL GAY NAZI KEYBOARDS WITH 34 BUTTONS FOR DASHES OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS YOUR MOM HAS BEARD ARGGHGLRGAGHH!!!!!!!111
FUCK YOU ASCII NAZIS WITH YOUR VERTICAL TABS AND LINE FEEDS AND OUT OF PAPER SIGNALS AND THOSE THINGS MSDOS USED TO RENDER AS SMILIES BUT ARE REALLY DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CONTROL CHARACTERS NOONE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 CAN POSSIBLY KNOW THE MEANING OF YOU MUST HAVE MECHANICAL TYPEWRITERS AT HOME AND A MODEM THE SIZE OF A ROOM TO TRANSLATE I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE HALF YOUR STUPID CODE 128 CHARACTERS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR ANYONE AND THEN YOU MADE US USE 8BIT CODEPAGES BUT NOONE CAN TELL WHICH ONE WAS USED FOR EVER AND EVER AAARGH WHY YOU SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!11111