Punctuation can be like spices in food. They flavor and enhance the dish, but too much can overwhelm the blend and ruin the meal. The em dash has always been like sumac: a great, complex flavor in its ...

AI and writing programs like ChatGPT and Grammarly have turned what used to be a mark of human intuition into a red flag for ...

If you've used ChatGPT — or seen AI-generated text — you've likely spotted an em dash. The punctuation mark is not new, but it has been flung into the forefront of social media and everyday writing ...

It’s rare that a punctuation mark becomes grist for the online rumor mill. But recently, an uptick in focus on AI and its impacts has brought a Blake Lively-esque level of attention to the em dash, ...

A computer screen reflects a window, and shows the default prompt when opening ChatGPT, a popular generative AI application often credited with igniting the AI boom since its release in 2022. (Photo ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been giving this note to my editing clients: “Replace floating hyphen with proper em dash.” It comes up when I’m proofreading images, like PDFs, and I see a hyphen ...

Identity has never been an issue for Ad Nut. With a day split between sorting, hoarding, and consuming nuts, berries and other woodland delicacies, and escaping the attention of murderous beasts, Ad ...

The first method by which you can make an Em Dash in Google Docs is using the Google Docs Special characters chart. The following instructions will help you with that: You can also insert an EM Dash ...