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[jackowayed]

That's even more wrong and kind of makes me want to kill myself. But it is more clear, so it's definitely better than hyphens without the spacing.

What's wrong with "to-day--a good day--is..."?

[pyre → jackowayed]

> What's wrong with "to-day--a good day--is..."?

Even though the punctuation may be correct, that looks bad w/o spaces.

[barrkel → jackowayed]

I think the non-spaced -- looks a lot like double-spacing after full stops (periods): quite old-fashioned. Reminds me of books from the 50s I read in the 80s.

Many of these typographical conventions are fashion and culture based, anyhow. Quotation marks are especially diverse, with the << >> in French, the em-dashes used by Joyce, etc.