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I think offsetting the em dash with spaces is contrary to almost every style guide.
by thfuran 2mo ago
I think offsetting the em dash with spaces is contrary to almost every style guide.
- jachee 2mo agoChicago does it one way and AP does it the other. I definitely prefer it un-spaced, though, personally.
- thfuran 2mo agoMLA and APA as well as Chicago.
- oneeyedpigeon 2mo agoI think this is a localisation issue; in the UK, it's much more common to see space-surrounded em dashes.
- thfuran 2mo agoAs far as I know, the UK styles that recommend spaced dashes are using en dashes where US English would use em dashes, and the ones that actually use em dashes, like Cambridge or Oxford, are unspaced.