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Twitter has rescued the semicolon for me as a way to save a character since an em-dash requires an extra space.
by Pxtl 5y ago
Twitter has rescued the semicolon for me as a way to save a character since an em-dash requires an extra space.
- davidmurdoch 5y agoYou shouldn't do that with an em-dash.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoWhile some publications do add space on either side of an em-dash—including, apparently, the submitted website—I was always taught not to. It certainly isn't required.