Talk:Palpatine

M-dashes
This is a small grievance of mine, but is it not more grammatically proper to not place any space between words and m-dashes? Example: ' * "Wipe them out &mdash ; all of them." ' ("&mdash ;" really being a —) should really be ' * "Wipe them out—all of them." '

Also, is it proper to place space after the m-dash when the speaker text is more than just a person, a whole explanation? Example: Should ' "Hello world." &mdash; qrc speaking to self ' really be ' "Hello world." — qrc speaking to self ' ?

—qrc 01:06, May 24, 2005 (UTC)


 * "Em dash." ;) The em and the en are each a unit of typographical measurement. The em dash (—) and the en dash (-) are an em and an en wide, respectively. :)


 * I'm not sure about the space thing, though. As I've heard it taught, the space thing is more-or-less optional. I definitely prefer no spaces, too, though. :/ -DTM 03:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Technically, it could also be written as a separate sentence (fragment): "Wipe them out. All of them.". Personally I think that best matches the sound of it. 68.44.13.236 05:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

"The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities..."
Is it "consider" or "considered"? "Consider" seems to be the more popular version according to Google, but I like "considered" better, so I want to be sure. What do the captions on the DVD say? What about the novelisation and the comic adaptation? 68.44.13.236 05:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)