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Originally Posted by JSWolf
And when the book also has em-dashes that are actually being used as em-dashes and not as quotes?
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Just use them. In running text there's no confusion, because quote dashes
always start on a new paragraph. If an em-dash-enclosed remark occurs inside a line of dialogue (either in what a character says or in the narrator's words), use something else, like parentheses or commas. Forgive the silly example:
He stopped the car —or whatever it was— and said:
—When are you coming back? I mean —he added—, if you are coming back.
—Why do you, or anyone else, care? —replied she with a smirk (at least that's what it seemed to me).
Note: I'm not advocating for this use in English, I'm just saying that I like this form, mostly because it's the standard form in my mother tongue.