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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 01:06:35 JST Nathan Schneider

   So "US-Mexico border": dash or en-dash?

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     Marco V Morelli (madrush@cosmos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 04:55:47 JST Marco V Morelli

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     • Mignon Fogarty

     @grammargirl @ntnsndr

     So, I learned that today is being celebrated as #GrammarDay (because "March forth") and I wrote a poem inspired by our little exchange.

     https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/the-grammar-of-the-world-a-poem-for-grammarday/6066#the-grammar-of-the-world-1

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 04:55:47 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Mignon Fogarty
     • Marco V Morelli

     @madrush @grammargirl I love this! Thank you both!

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     Marco V Morelli (madrush@cosmos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 04:55:49 JST Marco V Morelli

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     • Mignon Fogarty

     @ntnsndr I’d say ñ (~ ?). But @grammargirl would know better.

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     Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 04:55:49 JST Mignon Fogarty

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     • Marco V Morelli

     @madrush @ntnsndr You'd use a hyphen there. (The Chicago Manual of Style has a very similar example in its explanation: "US-Canadian relations.")