Two consecutive hyphens should autocorrect to an em dash!
That way, a parenthetical clause in the middle of your sentence—like this one—isn’t offset by “space hyphen space” on either side—or, even worse, by “hyphen hyphen”. Instead, autocorrect two hyphens to a nice, clean em dash—like that.
I think this is a common feature for text editors—Microsoft Word definitely uses it.
Two consecutive hyphens should autocorrect to an em dash!
That way, a parenthetical clause in the middle of your sentence—like this one—isn’t offset by “space hyphen space” on either side—or, even worse, by “hyphen hyphen”. Instead, autocorrect two hyphens to a nice, clean em dash—like that.
I think this is a common feature for text editors—Microsoft Word definitely uses it.
Interesting. I’m used to two hyphens for an en dash and three for an em dash.