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Em dash
manolan Started conversation Dec 9, 2002
I thought when used in place of ellipsis, normal spacing would occur, so there would be a space between the "What the" and the em dash in the example given.
Em dash
Bels - an incurable optimist. A1050986 Posted Dec 9, 2002
It isn't usual to have a space before an em dash, but it isn't unknown either. There aren't any hard and fast rules. Individual publications have their own style.
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