tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post4301878116659838566..comments2024-03-19T06:01:58.943-04:00Comments on Editorial Anonymous: A Very Small PeeveEditorial Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-68216829559468696512007-06-15T22:17:00.000-04:002007-06-15T22:17:00.000-04:00MJ—it worked! That's fabulous!MJ—it worked! That's fabulous!Editorial Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-70910685971472101012007-06-15T15:18:00.000-04:002007-06-15T15:18:00.000-04:00I'm pretty sure Blogger will let you use the HTML ...I'm pretty sure Blogger will let you use the HTML character entity for an em dash—it's <I>ampersand pound 8212 semicolon</I>. <BR/><BR/>I added it to the sentence above; if it worked, you should see an em dash. <BR/><BR/>There are all sorts of other neat character entities <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Just in case you ever need to use a ™, a ç, or an œ ligature in Blogger. :-)MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391448249487915896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-4902083893629797062007-06-13T14:02:00.000-04:002007-06-13T14:02:00.000-04:00I'm so glad to hear an editor say they love semico...I'm so glad to hear an editor say they love semicolons. I am getting tired of having them yanked out of all my manuscripts.Tristi Pinkstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122250747480013804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-42863465144580661732007-06-11T20:22:00.000-04:002007-06-11T20:22:00.000-04:00You can also use the &mdash; HTML entity, like...You can also use the &mdash; HTML entity, like this—see?Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467322140216809690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-24903715672927129032007-06-11T14:33:00.000-04:002007-06-11T14:33:00.000-04:00Semi-colons scare me. I know it is an irrational f...Semi-colons scare me. I know it is an irrational fear but they do nonetheless. I am always afraid I will misuse them so I just avoid them and phrase things differently. <BR/><BR/>I've done way to much typography to care about dashes anymore(I'm sorry but it is true),but dots(some people call them ellipses) are the new pink for me....<BR/><BR/>BTW, that is nice code above for dashes.<BR/><BR/>Anyone know a code for moving responses to where they really should be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-79796111976803167312007-06-11T13:47:00.000-04:002007-06-11T13:47:00.000-04:00Em dashes are spectacular. Semi-colons, on the oth...Em dashes are spectacular. Semi-colons, on the other hand, don't do a thing for me. Ellipses--now those are truly loveable... <BR/><BR/>ShellyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-60522075540054914862007-06-11T10:42:00.000-04:002007-06-11T10:42:00.000-04:00Sorry, in Word it's hold down Ctrl and press the n...Sorry, in Word it's hold down Ctrl and press the numeric keypad minus sign (not Alt).<BR/><BR/>And when you type '196' is must be on the numeric keypad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-3385130514016502802007-06-11T10:02:00.000-04:002007-06-11T10:02:00.000-04:00Yikes!! How did this get here when I was in the 'e...Yikes!! How did this get here when I was in the 'editor speak.' Please delete and move cuz i can't. Grrr. Thanks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-86447375517304705742007-06-11T09:54:00.000-04:002007-06-11T09:54:00.000-04:00Love that "too special" one!How about "too sophist...Love that "too special" one!<BR/><BR/>How about "too sophisticated." <BR/><BR/>and... There are 500 stories in here. Pick one and run with it, fool!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-50762222459026874072007-06-11T09:48:00.000-04:002007-06-11T09:48:00.000-04:00I know Word lets you hold down the Alt key and pre...I know Word lets you hold down the Alt key and press the minus sign on the numeric keypad, but for blogger...<BR/><BR/>Hold down the Alt key and type 196. When you let go of the Alt key you should see a dash (but not an emdash) slightly larger than a hyphen. <BR/>─ dash<BR/>- hyphenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-24928338299247657462007-06-10T20:00:00.000-04:002007-06-10T20:00:00.000-04:00LOL -- Mine too; however, I believe I'd reverse th...LOL -- Mine too; however, I believe I'd reverse the order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com