← Back to context Comment by otherme123 3 years ago To my surprise, no spaces around mdash is the general recommendation. 4 comments otherme123 Reply gk1 3 years ago Moving through text using Cmd + Left/Right arrow will jump over two words if there’s an em dash between them with no spaces. As a frequent em dash user that was very annoying, so I switched to adding spaces — to hell with the APA. brycewray 3 years ago True; depends on the style guide, but most opt in that direction. The Chicago Manual of Style is very firmly in favor of it. FabHK 3 years ago It's more a matter of continent than style (ie, the former can explain most of the variance). greenicon 3 years ago The alternative is usually en-dash with spaces.
gk1 3 years ago Moving through text using Cmd + Left/Right arrow will jump over two words if there’s an em dash between them with no spaces. As a frequent em dash user that was very annoying, so I switched to adding spaces — to hell with the APA.
brycewray 3 years ago True; depends on the style guide, but most opt in that direction. The Chicago Manual of Style is very firmly in favor of it. FabHK 3 years ago It's more a matter of continent than style (ie, the former can explain most of the variance).
FabHK 3 years ago It's more a matter of continent than style (ie, the former can explain most of the variance).
Moving through text using Cmd + Left/Right arrow will jump over two words if there’s an em dash between them with no spaces. As a frequent em dash user that was very annoying, so I switched to adding spaces — to hell with the APA.
True; depends on the style guide, but most opt in that direction. The Chicago Manual of Style is very firmly in favor of it.
It's more a matter of continent than style (ie, the former can explain most of the variance).
The alternative is usually en-dash with spaces.