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Old 03-12-2011, 11:31 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by cybmole View Post
well I checked the kindle forum—searched for mdash—clearly no one there gives a toss about it not parsing properly—it's only us folks here who seem to care....
The mobi format has so many problems with formatting due to limitations in the format itself they are probably just happy to read something. Personally I put in spaces most of the time to aid the reader in parsing a line. Depending on the use I sometimes put a space on both sides and sometimes set up the clause with a space ahead of the mdash at the start of the clause and a space after it at the end. This way the mdash behaves like a () or "" kind of punctuation.

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