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Spacing around (and types of) dashes in American English
There is nothing right or wrong, but thinking makes it so
In short, it doesn't matter. As the author, just write it as you are comfortable. Don't inhibit your creativity and expression by dissipating ...
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Spacing around (and types of) dashes in American English
Most major American style guides say that an em-dash must not be surrounded by spaces. However, there is one exception (that I know of):
AP (p. 368): An em dash, like an ellipsis, has a space before ...
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Spacing around (and types of) dashes in American English
Yes. To Amercians used to the American typographic convention using an en dash with spaces will appear just as "wrong" as the em dash without spaces appears to you.
The same goes for ...
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