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This is the correct use of quotes and em and en dashes.

Compare the first text to the second one.

"Aja is so cool. She got 2nd in Science in the Academic Decathlon, but really in my view that competition's a scam. But then--I'm CEO of DCScript. I'm also a fan of anti-table layout..."

“Aja is so cool. She got 2nd in Science in the Academic Decathlon, but really in my view that competition’s a scam. But then—I’m CEO of DCScript. I’m also a fan of anti–table layout…”

Notice:
“ = Left Curly Quote (“)
” = Right Curly Quote (”)
’ = Apostrophe (’)
— = Em Dash (—)
– = En Dash(–)
… = Ellipse (…)

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

An Em Dash is a dash that is the width of an “m” in a certain font. An En Dash is the same, only instead of an m it’s the width of an “n”

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

M
—

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

N
–

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

amazing

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 24 April 2004 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

dus als ik schrijf: “Quote”, dan heb ik een kwootje tussen aanhalingstekens? (effe tsjekke...)

― jos (jos), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

inderdaad, het werkt!

― jos (jos), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

groetjes, ik ben Ken L.

“

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

d
È
Ĭ
Ɛ
Ǵ
ɘ
ʼ
̠
΄

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I ♥ Music!

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I ♥ ♫

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:46 (twenty-one years ago)

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