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In my experience the em dash is still correctly used, the modern style has just evolved to put a space around it. So: * fragment a—fragment b (em dash, no spa
by schrodinger 1y ago
In my experience the em dash is still correctly used, the modern style has just evolved to put a space around it.
So:
* fragment a—fragment b (em dash, no space) = traditional
* fragment a — fragment B (em dash with spaces) = modern
* fragment a -- fragment b (two hyphens) = acceptable sub when you can’t get a proper em to render
But en-dashes are for numeric ranges…
- lxgr 1y agoem dash plus spaces is quite rare in English style guides. It’s usually either an em dash and no spaces or an en dash with them.
- schrodinger 1y agoApologies, now that I've been Beider-Meinhoff'd, I've realized you're correct and I've been misreading en dashes and em dashes. Thank you!