: Use of ampersand, colon and dash in the title of a newsletter article Is it correct to use an ampersand and colon in a the title of a newsletter article: Something & Something Else:
Is it correct to use an ampersand and colon in a the title of a newsletter article:
Something & Something Else: A Subtitle
Or is it more correct to use the word "and" and a dash:
Something and Something Else - A Subtitle
Or a similar combination of either one?
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I would stick with the colon rather than a dash. Generally, a colon indicates that what follows is critical information, while a dash tends to imply that the following information is simply an addition and further explains what has already been stated. It's a matter of perception.
As for the ampersand, I would say it depends on a few things:
Does the publication have or follow a style guide that dictates this
usage?
What is the medium? I tend to disagree with one of the
comments on an answer above, that it should only be used in
Web-based media. In fact, I would say the exact opposite, because
space is rarely an issue in a fluid medium like a blog or e-zine.
In print, however, titles/headlines need to be short because space
is at a premium. Web media give you more freedom, and at that point
the question becomes stylistic more so than convention.
I would use colon too. Never used a dash in a title before.
About & or and, to me, if it's a web article, then I'll use &. But if the article is gonna publish in newspaper or any kind of traditional media, "and" is used a lot; "&" not quite.
I would use a colon rather than a dash and I would write the word 'and' instead of using a symbol. Although colons and dashes are often interchangeable, in this case the extra piece could be considered a 'title' or 'definition' of what went before. Dashes are usually used for extra information. Also, if you look at article titles (in anything I read), they use a colon.
My comment about 'and' is really just personal preference. I always use the full word unless I am writing notes or space is really precious.
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