I don't know if it was human or machine, but my two-hyphen em dash "spelling"--like this--in a story I submitted came out replaced by single hyphens. It messes up the readability of the story and makes me look like a rube.
For example, an original sentence (hypothetical, just to be clear
The cock went into her mouth--she hadn't brushed her teeth today--and she giggled.
Converts to:
The cock went into her mouth-she hadn't brushed her teeth today-and she giggled.
which reads poorly.
I see my mistake now which is I should have pasted in the actual em dash character—this one, which is hard to find—instead of the two-hyphen shortcut. So I will do that in the future.
I'm still annoyed what I thought was standard convention—two hyphens for em dash—was overwritten by a single hyphen. Is there any way that I can get it fixed? The publishing process at Literotica seems rather black box.
For context, you can read about em dash vs hyphen etc with a google search.
from one site:
>Remember, em dashes are not interchangeable with hyphens. Using a single hyphen instead of an em dash can confuse readers and make your writing look unprofessional. If you’re writing text in a program or on a website where the em dash character is completely unavailable, use two hyphens together (–) to signify an em dash.
For example, an original sentence (hypothetical, just to be clear
The cock went into her mouth--she hadn't brushed her teeth today--and she giggled.
Converts to:
The cock went into her mouth-she hadn't brushed her teeth today-and she giggled.
which reads poorly.
I see my mistake now which is I should have pasted in the actual em dash character—this one, which is hard to find—instead of the two-hyphen shortcut. So I will do that in the future.
I'm still annoyed what I thought was standard convention—two hyphens for em dash—was overwritten by a single hyphen. Is there any way that I can get it fixed? The publishing process at Literotica seems rather black box.
For context, you can read about em dash vs hyphen etc with a google search.
from one site:
>Remember, em dashes are not interchangeable with hyphens. Using a single hyphen instead of an em dash can confuse readers and make your writing look unprofessional. If you’re writing text in a program or on a website where the em dash character is completely unavailable, use two hyphens together (–) to signify an em dash.