diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index f636fdd564..d408142750 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ function wptexturize($text) {
 		$cockneyreplace = array("’tain’t","’twere","’twas","’tis","’twill","’til","’bout","’nuff","’round","’cause");
 	}
 
-	$static_characters = array_merge(array('---', ' -- ', '--', 'xn–', '...', '``', '\'s', '\'\'', ' (tm)'), $cockney);
-	$static_replacements = array_merge(array('—', ' — ', '–', 'xn--', '…', '“', '’s', '”', ' ™'), $cockneyreplace);
-
+	$static_characters = array_merge(array('---', ' -- ', '--', ' - ', 'xn–', '...', '``', '\'s', '\'\'', ' (tm)'), $cockney);
+	$static_replacements = array_merge(array('—', ' — ', '–', ' – ', 'xn--', '…', '“', '’s', '”', ' ™'), $cockneyreplace);
+	
 	$dynamic_characters = array('/\'(\d\d(?:’|\')?s)/', '/(\s|\A|")\'/', '/(\d+)"/', '/(\d+)\'/', '/(\S)\'([^\'\s])/', '/(\s|\A)"(?!\s)/', '/"(\s|\S|\Z)/', '/\'([\s.]|\Z)/', '/(\d+)x(\d+)/');
 	$dynamic_replacements = array('’$1','$1‘', '$1″', '$1′', '$1’$2', '$1“$2', '”$1', '’$1', '$1×$2');