Know the rules, fight the rules, I guess. More readable, but I’ve since regressed as tooling comes into play. Maybe it’s a good way to still use ems and differentiate from AI.
replyLooks and readability matter in writing. I always uses spaces on either side of the em-dash; looks too crowded otherwise to my eye.
replyI've been doing doing it that way for so long I still often use the "--" construct from way back in ascii email days.
At least I've gotten past the two-spaces after a period I learned from the typewriter. Most of the time, anyway.
To me it doesn't affect readability either way, but to my American English eye the surrounding spaces stands out as extremely non-standard.
replyEvery AI response I've seen that uses em dashes also includes spaces around them.
replyDFW famously put spaces around his em dashes. That being said I've noticed at least one major model seems to have started putting spaces around its em dashes.
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