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by Hendrikto 50 days ago
> I now eschew the em in favour of en

They have different meaning and are not interchangeable.
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spider-mario 49 days ago
For the use discussed here, they basically are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#En_dash_versus_em_dash

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madaxe_again 49 days ago
Fully aware - although now the broader meaning of the em dash has become “I am an LLM”.
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