Comment by GuB-42
3 years ago
> For my novels, my editor fixed it, because there are the odd pedant that cares and leave negative reviews of these things are not "right".
Which means it is important. At least important enough to be worth spending money on and expect return (editors don't work for free).
Maybe not for articles and internal documents, and even less for HN comments, but there are circumstances where it is, like in novels.
I'd get exactly zero discoint if I told my editor to ignore dashes. It's not where their time goes.