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

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, ...

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 seems a day does not go by without seeing someone confidently assert on social media that an em dash is not an indicator of AI-written text. Those social media posts are in response to an ongoing ...

Gwen Egan is a digital producer at Globe Opinion. AI writing is everywhere — emails, college essays, even wedding vows — and it’s becoming increasingly important to be able to detect when a piece of ...

The em dash (—) is a supremely useful (and fashionable) piece of punctuation used in writing and editing, often in place of a comma, colon, or parenthesis. While you might want to utilize it to make ...