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Furthermore, the conventions for the first (parenthetical) use case, as far as I understand, are either em-dash without spaces (Anglosphere convention), or en-d
by FabHK 2mo ago
Furthermore, the conventions for the first (parenthetical) use case, as far as I understand, are either em-dash without spaces (Anglosphere convention), or en-dash with adjoining spaces (Continental convention: German, French, etc.), but rarely em-dash with spaces (as in the article).
- rrr_oh_man 2mo ago> em-dash with spaces my favourite (and I hope LLMs never converge to use it)
- accoil 2mo agoIsn't that what they predominantly use? I don't think I've ever seen an LLM use an em-dash without spaces. I've never seen an en-dash with spaces, but have seen them in ranges. I checked a message from my last chat with Claude > Noted for this conversation — though worth flagging and that's an em-dash (unicode 0x2014)
- kimixa 2mo agoA spaced en-dash is also commonly used in British english for the parenthesis equivalent. So it's not really "anglosphere". While there's no central authority, both Oxford and Cambridge University press style guidelines recommend that.
- FabHK 2mo agoAh, interesting, so em-dash without spaces really is more of a US convention. My LLM pushed back against that assumption of mine :-)