FOLLOW THESE INTREPID ANTIPODEAN EMU WATCHERS (or THE PLATONIC WORLD OF THE STATIC [BOOK] AND THE HEGELIAN WORLD OF PROCESS [INTERNET]--HOW GREAT THE CONTRAST!): Ed Park, of bookforum.com, muses on his transition from the 14th Edition (print) to the 16th Edition (on-line) of the Chicago Manual of Style.
I'm sure that, if I subscribe, the new edition will tell me how to make an en-dash in HTML.
Via C-Monster
if you really need help with your en-dash, try this table. And I always recommend the Chicago Style Q&A section. Sample:
ReplyDelete<span>Q.</span> On so many levels it seems true journalism is dead, but what required reporters to take out the English language with them? I refer to the constant phrasing similar to the following: “The defendant PLEADED not guilty at the arraignment.” Have these people never seen or heard the word “pled,” or did I miss a memo?
<span>A.</span> Sorry—you missed the memo. (You can also check usages like this in a good dictionary.)
Our academic library only has the 16th in print, not online. And, if IIRC, it's still orange for us.
ReplyDeleteI think the most significant thing I got out of law school is a lifetime of frustration at others' failure to properly employ em and en dashes.
ReplyDeleteHow could one make The Orange Bible blue? That is an unpardonable heresy.
ReplyDeleteFear not, it can still be had in orange. I checked after posting yesterday, and our copy is indeed still orange, if a slightly more subdued shade of said hue.
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