{"id":21340,"date":"2022-01-14T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/google-docs-adds-our-favorite-punctuation-mark-to-autocorrect\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:48:58","slug":"google-docs-adds-our-favorite-punctuation-mark-to-autocorrect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/google-docs-adds-our-favorite-punctuation-mark-to-autocorrect\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Docs Adds Our Favorite Punctuation Mark to Autocorrect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News @andrew_andrew__ Dec 19, 2021, 2:00 pm EST | 1 min read GoogleWhen people go into writing or journalism, they tend to get a bit creative (or obnoxious) with punctuation marks. But there\u2019s one punctuation mark that has a bizarre hold on writers\u2014the humble em dash. And after years of waiting, Google Docs now automatically turns strings of hyphens into em dashes and en dashes. Yes, Microsoft Word implemented this feature over a decade ago. I don\u2019t know why it took Google Docs so long to catch up, and frankly, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m just happy to see the annoying-yet-beautiful em dash get some love. In fact, I\u2019m&#8230; Click below to read the full story from How To Geek<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/105798\/google-docs-adds-our-favorite-punctuation-mark-to-autocorrect\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News @andrew_andrew__ Dec 19, 2021, 2:00 pm EST | 1 min read GoogleWhen people go into writing or journalism, they tend to get a bit creative (or obnoxious) with punctuation marks. But there\u2019s one punctuation mark that has a bizarre hold on writers\u2014the humble em dash. 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