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Not just Russian speakers put spaces around the emdash, but also the AP style guide. Also, for what it's worth, UK style guides recommend endash + spaces (but
by n2d4 1y ago
Not just Russian speakers put spaces around the emdash, but also the AP style guide.
Also, for what it's worth, UK style guides recommend endash + spaces (but many write emdash + spaces instead), and so do some other languages (eg. German). There are more countries than just America and Russia!
- Lockal 1y agoNo, I mean in few Slavic languages emdash is replaces "is a / ist / est / es / ...", therefore you will see it in 99% of ru/be/uk Wikipedia articles *in the first sentence*. Coincidentally, in these languages emdash must be surrounded by spaces (no exceptions).