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Originally Posted by NatCh
Do the em dashes in question have spaces on either side of them?
I.e. "word — word" vs. "word—word"
The reason I ask is that the absence of spaces may make the parser think it's supposed to be a single word — I think the first is the "technically" proper usage, anyway ....
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Actually, I am pretty sure that the correct usage of an em-dash has no spaces on either side, although some people use them. Of course, the typical ASCII representation of an em-dash is -- (two dashes).