{"id":383361,"date":"2021-12-19T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-docs-adds-our-favorite-punctuation-mark-to-autocorrect-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-12-19T22:00:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T19:00:27","slug":"google-docs-adds-our-favorite-punctuation-mark-to-autocorrect-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-docs-adds-our-favorite-punctuation-mark-to-autocorrect-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Docs Adds Our Favorite Punctuation Mark to Autocorrect \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Google Docs Adds Our Favorite Punctuation Mark to Autocorrect \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When people go into writing or journalism, they tend to get a bit creative (or obnoxious) with punctuation marks. But there\u2019s one punctuation mark that has a bizarre hold on writers\u2014the humble em dash. And after years of waiting, Google Docs<\/a> now automatically turns strings of hyphens into em dashes and en dashes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yes, Microsoft Word implemented this feature over a decade ago. I don\u2019t know why it took Google Docs so long<\/a> to catch up, and frankly, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m just happ<\/a>y to see the annoying-yet-beautiful em dash get some love. In fact, I\u2019m going to use an em dash right now to celebrate\u2014doesn\u2019t it make me look so professional?<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udd95 #GoogleDocs<\/a> update: We’ve added default autocorrects to easily insert en and em dashes. Learn more \u2192 https:\/\/t.co\/IYF8H6xwfS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MBh8V8X0K5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Google Docs (@googledocs) December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Just to be clear, Google Docs won\u2019t tell you when you\u2019re misusing the em dash. But writers and journalists use it wrong all the time\u2014see, I think I used it wrong just now. (Fine, let\u2019s do a quick grammar lesson. An em dash is similar to a semicolon; both punctuation marks create a pause in a sentence. The difference is that an em dash separates<\/em> a sentence into two distinct ideas, but a semicolon is like the glue that\u00a0combines<\/em> two ideas into one.)<\/p>\n

As for the smaller en dash, who cares? I don\u2019t need a fancy punctuation mark to denote a range of numbers; I can just say \u201cit costs $10 to $15.\u201d But hey, if you want to use an en dash in Google Docs, you can now type \u201cit costs $10\u2013$15.\u201d Knock yourself out.<\/p>\n

Source: Google<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n