&mdash

Posted by Fred January 22, 2004In 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 (?) '&'?

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