Re: [PATCH 0/6] manual: Fix or remove em dashes.

[Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>]

Hello, and sorry, this patch should be number 6/6 of course.

* Thomas Adam wrote on Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 11:41:41PM CEST:
> On 09/10/2007, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> wrote:
> > em dashes were used inconsistently in the manual.
> > This changes them to the way they are used in US English.
> 
> I find this particular patch to be rather odd; there is nothing
> invalid in the way the em-dashes are used.

No, not invalid, just inconsistent usage in the manual.

> Why is it US English is somehow de facto over, say, proper English?
> :)

Oh, that was written quoting from memory and experience.  But here's a
quote to back it up, from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash> as of now:

| According to most American sources (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style)
| and to some British sources (e.g., The Oxford Guide to Style), an em
| dash should always be set closed (not surrounded by spaces). But the
| practice in many parts of the English-speaking world[...] sets it
| open [...]

No, I did not write that!  ;-)

Cheers,
Ralf