En and Em dashes En Dash Bad: We met her parents-an affable pair-at the park. Em Dash Good: We met her parents -- an affable pair -- at the park. Em Dash Bad: mother--in--law En Dash Good: mother-in-law Semicolons This is how I feel when I see a lot of them.  This is how I feel when I see a lot of them used incorrectly.  This is how I feel when I read a semicolon story that has at least some of them used correctly.  This is how I feel editing semi-colon stories.  Semicolons are hard to use correctly. The circumstances where you need them are few. But if you insist on using a plethora of them, you are  And you might get a lot more of this 
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I have two weeks "vacation". Vacation is in quotes because it's really an experiment to see how much I can get done without the job that pays getting in the way.
We shall see. |
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