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 ...

The future of the em dash — and the elements of style more broadly — is in our hands. Let us be a beacon for writers everywhere and keep the shift-option-hyphen in our toolboxes.

A debate surrounds the em dash, dubbed the 'ChatGPT hyphen'. Gen Z and social media users link it to AI content. However, literary figures like Jane Austen used it too. Its presence in AI stems from ...

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. A few Fridays ago, there was an awkward silence at Every’s editorial meeting. Six floating heads of writers and editors on Zoom ...

All the fuss about AI and the em dash offers an opportunity to rethink the overuse of this most beloved but mostly ...

For centuries – or at least since the era of Virginia Woolf – the em dash has carved out a proud if unruly place in English prose. But now, for the crime of being favoured by writers for its many ...

According to Merriam-Webster — yes, I’m purposefully being cliche, the em dash can be used to separate extra information in place of a comma, colon, or parenthesis. Google Docs will now autocorrect ...

In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is spaced. A dash with no spaces on either side? That ...