3 months ago
- The author passionately loves em dashes and uses them frequently.
- Em dashes are easy to type (e.g., Option + Shift + Hyphen on Mac).
- They serve as a flexible punctuation for clarifications, caveats, and addendums within the same sentence.
- Em dashes are preferred over brackets (which seem apologetic) and colons (which are nearly useless).
- Em dashes are better than semicolons and ellipsis for dramatic pauses and forward momentum.
- To avoid criticism of AI usage, AP-style em dashes (with spaces) can be used.
- The author dismisses critics and encourages using em dashes without fear.