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Re: Hyphenation best practices

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 5, 2010 11:09AM

I agree with Yucca on this:

Using an em dash surrounded by spaces is incorrect according to any
English guide

not only because of what he's stated but also because JAWS speaks it
as em- not - so it would come out like blue em- collar instead of blue-collar

cheers

Geof