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Re: [PATCH 0/6] manual: Fix or remove em dashes.

From
RWRalf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenhues@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 9, 2007, 21:52 UTC
Message-ID
<20071009215255.GB3146@ins.uni-bonn.de>
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<18071eea0710091441n717c0a99p58a9b585d15cc778@mail.gmail.com>
Hello, and sorry, this patch should be number 6/6 of course.
* Thomas Adam wrote on Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 11:41:41PM CEST:
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> On 09/10/2007, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> wrote:
> > em dashes were used inconsistently in the manual.
> > This changes them to the way they are used in US English.
> 
> I find this particular patch to be rather odd; there is nothing
> invalid in the way the em-dashes are used.
No, not invalid, just inconsistent usage in the manual.
> Why is it US English is somehow de facto over, say, proper English?
> :)

Oh, that was written quoting from memory and experience. But here's a quote to back it up, from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash> as of now:

| According to most American sources (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style)
| and to some British sources (e.g., The Oxford Guide to Style), an em
| dash should always be set closed (not surrounded by spaces). But the
| practice in many parts of the English-speaking world[...] sets it
| open [...]
No, I did not write that!  ;-)

Cheers, Ralf

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Message 9 of 10 in “Some small documentation fixes”
  1. 0/6 Some small documentation fixesRalf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  2. 1/6 Fix some typos, punctuation, missing words, minor markup.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  3. 2/6 Fix wording in push definition.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  4. 3/6 manual: Fix example finding commits referencing given content.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  5. 4/6 manual: add some markup.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  6. 5/6 manual: use 'URL' instead of 'url'.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  7. 0/6 manual: Fix or remove em dashes.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  8. Thomas AdamOct 9, 2007
  9. Ralf WildenhuesOct 9, 2007
  10. Thomas AdamOct 9, 2007

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