alt Hacker NewsThat depends on the language — whereas German puts spaces around —, English afaik usually doesn’t.
Similarly, French puts spaces before and after ? ! while English and German only put spaces afterwards.
[EDIT: I originally wrote that French treats . , ! ? specially. In reality, french only treats ? and ! specially.]
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iLoveOncall • today at 9:53 AM
French doesn't put one before the period.
bratwurst3000 • today at 10:06 AM
french does "," and "." like the british and germans the rest is space befor space after
In German you use en-dashes with spaces, whereas in English it’s em-dashes without spaces. Some people dislike em-dashes in English though and use en-dashes with spaces as well.