h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*knocks gently and lets herself in*

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I know you're busy this weekend what with and going on ( to your team) but I just thought I'd drop by and let you know whose safe hands your lovely tree is in, and how much I'm looking forward to subbing it and sharing in the glory when it goes live.

For now, I toast your soon-to-be birthdayand pour you a (will top up later), I'll be here when you return.


GB

I found from the PR thread that you hadn't time to incorporate the changes/additions/subtractions requested, so I've done them all and even found an excuse to link to Cleethorpesbut if it's too gratuitous I'll switch it for another town/county or just make it general.

I hope you're having a great daycheck your email

Annie

*busies herself in the garden while awaiting Rich's return and hopes he hasn't got too much of a *

just in case Rich drops by tonight.

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just because

Thanks, love! I did actually want to rewrite a lot of this, but I never got the chance. I won't go as far now, because I don't really have time at the moment, but I want to add some stuff about hawfinches and engraving. I'll give you a couple of extra paragraphs when I get chance, but I'll be too busy for at least a couple of days.

I don't like that footnote; it seems a bit odd to point out one instance of a Hawthorn Close when there are so many.

I've never bothered with em-dashes, because the Eds don't and I don't think there's a need to be that formal on websites. If you're going to be absolutely technically correct and use them, though, there shouldn't be a space on either side.

Thanks for the card - that was very sweet of you

Hello love
footnote gone
I noticed mdashes and ndashes were being added by the Curators, so I thought I'd save them a job and do them in my subbings
I've always put a dash either side

Of course I'll wait for your extra paras, no rush.
I linked to it today, in my own writing, but I'll not submit it to PR until I've sent this back to Eds

You're welcome, I was thinking about you Saturday

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I've always put a space either side of the dash

I think I should go to bed, I've been up since 5.30am




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Google 'em dash' and you'll find the correct usage is no spaces. Here's an example:

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/dashes.asp

A266131 actually confuses things:

'To an extent, parentheses (( )), semicolons (, dashes (-) and footnotes2 are interchangeable (okay, we can't do real en-dashes and em-dashes, so hyphens will have to do).'

and the em-dash is barely used in any of the Help Pages. So I don't bother

You off to bed already? Good grief - sleep well!

I get what you're saying, but have a look here:
F3198237?thread=5375621
I'm not doing this off my own bat, as it were, and I don't want to argue, I'm just trying to help

Check the article he did and you'll find spaces either side of the dash, and it's how I've been working. IMO I prefer that

I really think this needs sorting so we're all doing the same thing, or people will be going round undoing the others' fixing, which I can't even contemplate

Personal preferences don't matter, though. If I was start putting spaces before exclamation marks, for example, because I thought it looked nicer, that would be wrong.

I'm not really interested in the debate either. Typesetting rules are ancient, and I think the web will set its own standards of correct punctuation in time just as the early typesetters did. But if we're going to use typesetting rules, we should at least apply them correctly.

I'll go and let TRiG know

I've put all your dashes back - do you mind if I return this so I can hand my subs badge in? I'm very unhappy with the situation that's going on

Just so you know, I still have it and will keep it until you're ready

Sorry, but I'm returning it now. I'm clearing the decks, as it were. You can always add something after it's gone live

All the best

Hey, I'm not that precious

Never forget why you're here, ok?