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I have to admit I used ellipses and Em and En dashes without realizing there were rules—well, more like guidelines, really—concerning same. Good to know.

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Do you have some gut sense of why you make the choices you do? It was interesting to rip this apart. And realize how often I do mentally visit the options! Guidelines, not rules. Yes.

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This is wonderful! I find M dashes have a personality all their own and there are times nothing else will do. Would you be willing to unlock this post so I can share it widely? I like to be able to introduce others to the DIYMFA

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The only thing about Em Dashes is that when I am writing with MS Word, I only seem to be able to manage one of them. I type a double dash and it turns into an m dash. But the second Em dash always remains a double dash. I have to go back and cut and paste proper Em dashes in, which I rarely do. I suppose there's a way around this but I haven't figured it out yet.

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Right! It usually ends up being just a long line.

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A personality all their own--yes, that says it.

I'm glad you enjoy this post. It wasn't straightforward to put together. I'll send you a link to share with friends.

Funny... this is the first "members only" post this month. I'm struggling with what to keep for members only, and what to share. Originally, I thought I'd do only two posts/ months for "everyone" but I'm realizing how challenging it is to get new paying subscribers if I don't share more! But then it's not fair to those who have generously paid. A tough line!

I have to say it was nice to write a piece and not have to fill it with those awful little "Subscribe now!!!" (vaguely threatening!) buttons :) There's a reason I'm not in sales.

I am so grateful to those who are sharing The Unschool with others. Thank you!

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I was assuming that everything was locked and so I stopped sharing posts! I'm not sure how to tell!

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I believe it says at the bottom of the post in the email: "This post is only for paying subscribers."

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Oh! (Smacks head) Thanks!

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Do feel free to share the posts of earlier this month--

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Wow! Who knew! Thank you so much for this Alison. I confused the Em and En dash(es) all the time. I hope that stops now.

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I came back to this today and found it very helpful. You can’t really rely on “it looks right.”

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Thanks for letting me know--so good to know when pieces are useful!

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