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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: galvanic maniacal boiling water 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=2#35641306) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM Author: Canary Senate Two hyphens for em dashes isn't that bad. It's just ugly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641398) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:13 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water it's despicable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641410) |
Date: March 19th, 2018 9:03 PM Author: Swashbuckling Yarmulke 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=2#35641317) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:04 PM Author: Curious resort 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=2#35641319) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:53 PM Author: stirring cyan regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645246) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2018 12:22 AM Author: Ultramarine Bbw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35658763) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:55 PM Author: Curious resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36050284) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:04 PM Author: Walnut Razzmatazz Famous Landscape Painting Stead Trendash for life. What the fuck? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641323) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Curious resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641327) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: marvelous stage selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641346) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water 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=2#35641347) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:07 PM Author: Curious resort (non-peer graduate; non-peer practitioner; non-peer farmers market goer) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641352) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water 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=2#35641383) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:14 PM Author: abnormal library Check out Eats, Shoots, and Trendashes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641427) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:55 PM Author: multi-colored national security agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645264) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:07 PM Author: adventurous thirsty double fault (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641354) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:08 PM Author: charismatic bearded indian lodge philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641366) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: multi-colored national security agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641386) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:12 PM Author: Kink-friendly crusty trump supporter haunted graveyard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641406) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Startling Giraffe Is this flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641326) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Racy native Square apostrophes are the worst. I mean, show a little effort. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641333) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:12 PM Author: Violet lay 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=2#35641407) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:16 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water 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=2#35641435) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:03 PM Author: razzle hell legal warrant cr, huge patent prole tell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641765) |
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Date: March 21st, 2018 12:17 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35652523) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: abnormal library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641869) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2018 12:18 AM Author: Arousing Fluffy Heaven Goyim 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=2#35658723) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:01 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water Good job man. We’d be friends. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36038907) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Lavender soul-stirring trailer park 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=2#36038931) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 9:07 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water 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=2#36038946) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:54 PM Author: Lavender soul-stirring trailer park It flips them all so they curl away from the number. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36050278) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Hairless Cruise Ship Messiness 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=2#35641336) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: Curious resort you can typically just use a voice command ime (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641345) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: Self-absorbed Parlor New Version 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=2#35641343) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:09 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water 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=2#35641372) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: Startling Giraffe You could have avoided all this just by doing better in HS calculus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641379) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM Author: Curious resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641390) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:13 PM Author: Canary Senate Most lawyers did just fine in HS math. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641414) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:11 PM Author: Deep ticket booth 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=2#35641395) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:15 PM Author: Canary Senate Amateur!
Increase the font scale setting to increase the hyphen to 300%. |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:18 PM Author: galvanic maniacal boiling water 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=2#35641456) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 6:59 PM Author: Canary Senate Very TTT.
But who's going to check? |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:33 PM Author: Hairless Cruise Ship Messiness People who care about this are what make biglaw miserable, fyi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641582) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:34 PM Author: abnormal library "bake?" oh shit, I just proved your point. Bake me away, toys. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641586) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:36 PM Author: Hairless Cruise Ship Messiness Damn you're fast (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641601) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:02 PM Author: abnormal library That took several hours per my notebook of billables. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641760) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: Hairless Cruise Ship Messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641859) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:00 PM Author: Self-absorbed Parlor New Version 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=2#35641748) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:01 PM Author: Deep ticket booth 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=2#35641758) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: Hairless Cruise Ship Messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641861) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: Hairless Cruise Ship Messiness 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=2#35641868) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 10:01 PM Author: nighttime corn cake lodge *BEEP BEEP BEEP* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35641759) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:49 PM Author: Sadistic onyx quadroon useless brakes killself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645224) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:51 PM Author: Honey-headed antidepressant drug alt 0151 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645233) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:54 PM Author: red aphrodisiac plaza transhyphenist non bigot here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#35645255) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:56 PM Author: chest-beating office blood rage 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: Slap-happy lake theater stage This is — the credited criticism — so say I. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36038917) |
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Date: May 12th, 2018 10:43 PM Author: Lavender soul-stirring trailer park 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=2#36039460) |
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Date: May 14th, 2018 7:39 PM Author: White Orchestra Pit Worrying about this is the ultimate no book of business tell. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923252&forum_id=2#36050530) |