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biglaw firms need to get their shit together re: en dashes and em dashes
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:02 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife I see even the most elite firms (literally Wachtell and Cravath and Kellog and other top places) file briefs using hyphens instead of en dashes and using en dashes or, god forbid, two hyphens for em dashes. get it together motherfuckers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641306) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM Author: haunting flushed lettuce Two hyphens for em dashes isn't that bad. It's just ugly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641398) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:13 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife it's despicable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641410) |
Date: March 19th, 2018 9:03 PM Author: Fear-inspiring abode black woman Saw a guy get fired for this and straight up walked out before he jumped off the roof (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641317) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:04 PM Author: Saffron thirsty pozpig locale lmfao that you're dealing with firms that aren't employing, at a minimum, the trendash. Point to fact, in times of great exigency, I've gone so far as to make use of a pentadash. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641319) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:53 PM Author: Hairraiser roommate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35645246) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2018 12:22 AM Author: Orchid Stirring Parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35658763) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:55 PM Author: Saffron thirsty pozpig locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36050284) |
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Date: August 4th, 2025 1:07 PM Author: i gave my cousin head (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#49155425) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:04 PM Author: Well-lubricated sticky meetinghouse Trendash for life. What the fuck? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641323) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Saffron thirsty pozpig locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641327) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: Irradiated Brass Nowag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641346) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife This literally does not exist in the English language. I have no idea what you are talking about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641347) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:07 PM Author: Saffron thirsty pozpig locale (non-peer graduate; non-peer practitioner; non-peer farmers market goer) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641352) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife I'm open to hearing an explanation. But I consider myself a punctuation hardliner and literally have no idea what you are talking about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641383) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:14 PM Author: fighting garrison Check out Eats, Shoots, and Trendashes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641427) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:55 PM Author: Insecure fuchsia kitchen selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35645264) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:07 PM Author: Chocolate lay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641354) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:08 PM Author: Peach Scourge Upon The Earth Range (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641366) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: Insecure fuchsia kitchen selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641386) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:12 PM Author: Soggy Hunting Ground (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641406) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: pearl blood rage half-breed Is this flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641326) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Geriatric crackhouse Square apostrophes are the worst. I mean, show a little effort. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641333) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:12 PM Author: Stubborn emerald house love of her life Real pain in the ass in patent cases because you can’t just replace all (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641407) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:16 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife You know what is really fucking insane is when people point the apostrophe the wrong way in patent cases. You see this all the time. Probably greater than 50% of the time, a biglaw firm will write about the 999 patent and have the apostrophe at the beginning pointing the wrong way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641435) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:03 PM Author: Onyx gunner cr, huge patent prole tell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641765) |
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Date: March 21st, 2018 12:17 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35652523) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: fighting garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641869) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2018 12:18 AM Author: disturbing feces i correct every goddamn one. the founding fathers talked about patents in the goddamn constitution for fucks sake show a little respect (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35658723) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:01 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife Good job man. We’d be friends. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36038907) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Flatulent Karate This is a little known fact: the CAFC shreds your brief if they see a straight or backwards quote. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36038931) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:07 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife Btw, why can’t you use the replace function in patent cases??? I’d like an explanation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36038946) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:54 PM Author: Flatulent Karate It flips them all so they curl away from the number. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36050278) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: excitant translucent theater two hyphens all day, fuck trying to find the button for em bash all the time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641336) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: Saffron thirsty pozpig locale you can typically just use a voice command ime (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641345) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: histrionic burgundy toilet seat Using hyphens instead of en dashes to save a line when faced with a page limit: decadent or shrewd? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641343) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:09 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife Honestly the one situation where I have been tempted to use a hyphen instead of an en dash (and, on occasion, have succumbed) is when faced with a strict word limit. If you use an en dash, Microsoft Word records the range as two words whereas it records a single word if you use a hyphen. But it is incorrect usage and I've always been tempted to call people out for violating the word count where they hit it exactly while employing 50 hyphens in the place of en dashes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641372) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: pearl blood rage half-breed You could have avoided all this just by doing better in HS calculus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641379) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM Author: Saffron thirsty pozpig locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641390) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:13 PM Author: haunting flushed lettuce Most lawyers did just fine in HS math. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641414) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM Author: jet supple point son of senegal The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641395) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:15 PM Author: haunting flushed lettuce Amateur!
Increase the font scale setting to increase the hyphen to 300%. |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:18 PM Author: Spectacular stead knife This is conscious rules flouting and robs you of your plausible deniability. Many jurisdictions, for example Delaware, now require briefs to be filed in Word format. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641456) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:59 PM Author: haunting flushed lettuce Very TTT.
But who's going to check? |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:33 PM Author: excitant translucent theater People who care about this are what make biglaw miserable, fyi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641582) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:34 PM Author: fighting garrison "bake?" oh shit, I just proved your point. Bake me away, toys. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641586) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:36 PM Author: excitant translucent theater Damn you're fast (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641601) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:02 PM Author: fighting garrison That took several hours per my notebook of billables. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641760) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: excitant translucent theater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641859) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:00 PM Author: histrionic burgundy toilet seat Brother, clients pay $620 an hour for us to care about this so we can maintain credibility and prestige with judges. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641748) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:01 PM Author: jet supple point son of senegal Judge: Well, I was going to rule in defendant's favor, but then I noticed inconsistent em-dashes. Summary judgment for the plaintiff! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641758) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: excitant translucent theater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641861) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: excitant translucent theater nobody whose time has any value gives one solitary fuck about this. its all dipshit mid level associates one upping each other. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641868) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:01 PM Author: cerise dysfunction *BEEP BEEP BEEP* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35641759) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:54 PM Author: Coral Set Boistinker transhyphenist non bigot here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#35645255) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:56 PM Author: Irate Pit People Who Are Hurt I see even the most elite firms -- literally Wachtell and Cravath and Kellog and other top places -- file briefs using hyphens instead of en dashes and using en dashes or -- god forbid -- two hyphens for em dashes. get it together motherfuckers.
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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:02 PM Author: rusted french chef idea he suggested This is — the credited criticism — so say I. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36038917) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 10:43 PM Author: Flatulent Karate The SGs office is the last bastion of good writing in the profession. Their punctuation is always on point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36039460) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 7:39 PM Author: Cheese-eating ruby halford ladyboy Worrying about this is the ultimate no book of business tell. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2Reputation#36050530) |