Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
oneeyedpigeon
24 days ago
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
Em dashes are amazing
I think this is a localisation issue; in the UK, it's much more common to see space-surrounded em dashes.
thfuran
23 days ago
[–]
As far as I know, the UK styles that recommend spaced dashes are using en dashes where US English would use em dashes, and the ones that actually use em dashes, like Cambridge or Oxford, are unspaced.
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search:
