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Oct 13, 2023 at 2:32pm
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Re: Question Please
Yes, it's an em dash. Admittedly, sometimes I get lazy and just type two dashes instead, thus: -- without spaces on either side.

When I'm slightly less lazy, WDC has the ML command {emdash} which creates an em dash thus: —

From what I recall, MS Word automatically converts the double dash to the em dash. But don't take my word for it.


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