The type of dash you prefer is ultimately a style choice, but many style guides recommend the em dash for enclosing clauses ...

Suspicious that an awkward email or stilted college essay may have been written by artificial intelligence? Some people think there’s a surefire way to tell — the em dash. Writers, journalists and ...

Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us how to properly use ellipses, em dashes, and parentheses. FULL TRANSCRIPT: The default, typically, when we’re using punctuation ...

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for. By Nitsuh Abebe There are countless signals you might look for to determine whether a ...

If you spend any time online, you know the em dash has seen a resurgence like no other punctuation mark. Sometimes in the middle of the sentence, sometimes in the end, mostly everywhere. For a couple ...

Sam Altman has announced what he calls a “small but happy win”. His reason? If you tell ChatGPT not to use em dashes, it finally listens. This might sound like a tiny victory in the world of ...