Em dashes?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùthose honking big dashes people use to introduce a break in thought?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùare not preceded or followed by spaces. Nor does using two hyphens –– count as an em dash. For the record.
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See also Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, on the em dash.
Yes, but some formats or interfaces don’t create the em-dash. And therefore, the two dash is the only alternative.
So, when one uses two dashes, should there be no space between words? I think not.
True, Wade, but I have seen it far too often used in instances where technical restriction was not an issue.
I agree Kim. I am currently working on the managing board of the Thomas Jefferson Law Review (the journal at my school) and it’s amazing to see what professors submit to us for publication.
I am well acquainted with misusage of the em-dash, misuse of other punctuation, and the english language altogether in some instances.
If there’s anything I have learned working at a university and reading countless items for posting on our website, it’s that you don’t need education in grammar to get a PhD.
“—” an underused, but significant character. In many applications, it’s as simple as an alt 0151.