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by wolverine876 854 days ago
> you aren’t supposed to

In the world of grammar, these words are always a shot at your own toes. I'm missing a few myself and I learned: always specify a domain or a source.

The AP Style Manual, the bible of grammer for journalism (at least in the US), says to put spaces around the dash. However,

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xeonmc 854 days ago
No, there should never be spaces around Em-dashes, while for En-dashes they are situational---spaced if being used in lieu of Em-dashes, and unspaced if used as ranges (e.g. 1938--1945) or comparisons (e.g. Blue--Red Dichotomy)
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wolverine876 854 days ago
What basis do you have for saying that, and for refuting the AP Style Manual? Are you claiming it says otherwise?
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xeonmc 854 days ago
You might be unaware that there are three types of dashes. For grammatical connections, you choose only one of the following and stick with it

- Em dash: unspaced

- En dash: spaced

For relations, it is always unspaced En dash

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wolverine876 854 days ago
Do you see what I'm writing? Does it seem I'm unaware? There are even more such marks.

Still no source for your claim. Why do you think these things are true, and that always flawed claim, universally true?

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