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Dr. Brule

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  • en dash or colon–which is better?

    what is more correct?

    the man was annoying–because he never stopped talking and quickly got on my nerves.

    the man was annoying: because he never stopped talking and quickly got on my nerves.

    the en dash and colon–as far as i understand–can both be used to give a break in syntax before an explanation. i think they're about the same, just depending on different style guides.

    5 AnswersWords & Wordplay9 years ago
  • how to add a symbol\join words together and all at once?

    so, im editing a word document for work, there are many, many problems.

    first i need to attach a copyright sign to all instances of a particular word, and if theres a way to set autocorrect or whatever else to do it for me that would be good.

    second is when words like hard facing and hardfaced occur, i need to change them ALL to hardfacing and hard-faced,

    any ideas on how i can do this? thanks in advance

    3 AnswersWords & Wordplay9 years ago