In praise of em-dashes

[randy_byers]

My response to the recent screed against em-dashes is that I love em-dashes so much that half my love for silent movies is for the frequent use of double em-dashes in the intertitles:

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[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

It's particularly interesting that different countries use em-dashes and en-dashes for the same purpose, although then there's also the all-important question of spaces around the dash. I prefer spaces even with em-dashes. No, I don't know why! I probably shouldn't even have a preference, considering my low level of knowledge on the subject.