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It's interesting that an article extoling the virtues of the em-dash isn't using them correctly. They don't get spaces around them.
by moron4hire 3mo ago
It's interesting that an article extoling the virtues of the em-dash isn't using them correctly. They don't get spaces around them.
- etempleton 3mo agoI have seen this more and more and I don’t understand it.
- douglee650 3mo agoI am personally a fan of space padded em-dash. Visually, semantically, it makes sense on all modern planes. There's an argument for line-break parsing. Of course I recommend do-not-adopt, think Roman-cart-wheel-axle-width reasons.
- Forgeties79 3mo agoThat’s not entirely true. Some formats yes. In this case they’re using it correctly https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-...
- pteraspidomorph 3mo agoIt's a stylistic choice. Here's an analysis, complete with a link back to an old HN discussion: https://www.pbjstories.com/blog/spaces-around-em-dash https://www.pbjstories.com/blog/spaces-around-em-dash I beta read for a popular american author and they started using spaces too.
- weli 3mo agoIsn't english known for not having an official set of gramatical rules? There are conventions and rules from universities i.e Cambridge vs Oxford comma. But there is no single body that is commonly accepted by all english-speaking countries to be codifying the official rules of the language.