slash question

[polandsprings]

<p>I am writing my short answer for the common app and I want to use --, which forms into a long -. </p>

<p>It doesn't seem to work. should is just leave it as -- or just write - (shorter one)?</p>

<p>ex.
soccer is so fun -- so fun that i devote my entire year to it. </p>

<pre><code> or
</code></pre>

<p>soccer is so fun - so fun that i devote my entire year to it.</p>

[Spazzy]

<p>I came across the same thing and ended up putting two dashes instead of one, I think. I doubt it matters. When I print previewed it, the two dashes were so close together that they almost looked like one.</p>