&mdash
Posted by Fred on January 22, 2004
In Reply to: &mdash posted by Advertising Copywriter on January 22, 2004
: : Is it a word?
: In printing there is an Em Dash and an En dash
: N-Dash is a -
: M-Dash is a longer dash a --
No question that 'em' and 'en' are words. My question was raised
by the first sentence in Maureen Dowd's column in today's New York Times:
'Washington — Whoa!' Are there three words in this sentence?
If so, the second begins with the letter (?) '&'?