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In Defense of the Em Dash—And Why the AI Conversation Needs a Rethink
Amanda’s out on the beach (jealous), so today you’re stuck with just Rachel—and a very punctuation-forward rant.
Lately, LinkedIn has been filled with hot takes about the em dash being a dead giveaway for AI-generated content. But here’s the thing: writers love em dashes. Editors live for em dashes. And yes, ChatGPT uses them too—because it learned from us.
So, is an em dash a red flag? Or just a beautiful, dramatic, totally human piece of punctuation doing what it does best?
We get into:
Why the em dash deserves a little respect
The real question we should be asking about AI-generated copy
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