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No, there should never be spaces around Em-dashes, while for En-dashes they are situational---spaced if being used in lieu of Em-dashes, and unspaced if used as
by xeonmc 3y ago
No, there should never be spaces around Em-dashes, while for En-dashes they are situational---spaced if being used in lieu of Em-dashes, and unspaced if used as ranges (e.g. 1938--1945) or comparisons (e.g. Blue--Red Dichotomy)
- wolverine876 3y agoWhat basis do you have for saying that, and for refuting the AP Style Manual? Are you claiming it says otherwise?
- xeonmc 3y agoYou might be unaware that there are three types of dashes. For grammatical connections, you choose only one of the following and stick with it - Em dash: unspaced - En dash: spaced For relations, it is always unspaced En dash
- wolverine876 3y agoDo you see what I'm writing? Does it seem I'm unaware? There are even more such marks. Still no source for your claim. Why do you think these things are true, and that always flawed claim, universally true?