There should be two spaces after a period.
One of my pet peeves is the em dash vs the en dash.
Johnny wants the red car — fire-engine-red if he can find it — instead of the blue car.
Of course, this is made much harder by the lack of a true em dash key on modern keyboards.
Yes, you are correct, two spaces after a period. Let’s reiterate this again for everybody.
Johnny wants the red car — fire-engine-red if he can find it — instead of the blue car.Isn’t proper usage without spaces around the mdash?
Johnny wants the red car—fire-engine-red if he can find it—instead of the blue car.