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Message69712

Author	tim.peters
Recipients	benjamin.peterson, cheDu, georg.brandl, tim.peters
Date	2008-07-15.19:35:06
SpamBayes Score	0.0892363
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Message-id	<1216150510.19.0.355536032386.issue3364@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I'm afraid you missed the joke ;-) While you believe spaces are required on both sides of an em dash, there is no consensus on this point. For example, most (but not all) American authorities say /no/ spaces should be used. That's the joke. In writing a line about "only one way to do it", I used a device (em dash) for which at least two ways to do it (with spaces, without spaces) are commonly used, neither of which is obvious -- and deliberately picked a third way just to rub it in. This will never change ;-)

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I'm afraid you missed the joke ;-)  While you believe spaces are
required on both sides of an em dash, there is no consensus on this
point.  For example, most (but not all) American authorities say /no/
spaces should be used.  That's the joke.  In writing a line about "only
one way to do it", I used a device (em dash) for which at least two ways
to do it (with spaces, without spaces) are commonly used, neither of
which is obvious -- and deliberately picked a third way just to rub it in.

This will never change ;-)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-07-15 19:35:10	tim.peters	set	spambayes_score: 0.0892363 -> 0.0892363 recipients: + tim.peters, georg.brandl, benjamin.peterson, cheDu
2008-07-15 19:35:10	tim.peters	set	spambayes_score: 0.0892363 -> 0.0892363 messageid: <1216150510.19.0.355536032386.issue3364@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-07-15 19:35:08	tim.peters	link	issue3364 messages
2008-07-15 19:35:07	tim.peters	create