Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us how to properly use ellipses, em dashes, and parentheses. FULL TRANSCRIPT: The default, typically, when we’re using ...

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has compiled information on the usage of the em dash (—), en dash (–), and hyphen (-) in English writing. Em dashes function like commas, colons ...

The em dash has long been a favorite punctuation mark of writers everywhere. This lengthier dash can replace a comma or a colon. It’s also sometimes used to sum up info at the end of the ...

Do not use a hyphen in place of "to" or "through," except in dates. A dash is expressed as an "em dash" ( — ) in printing, is expressed in plain text as two hyphens ( -- ) and is used in place of a ...

“Yes, this is the work of ChatGPT,” she claimed, without proof of the purported em dash craze, let alone the tendency for OpenAI’s bot to spit them out. She didn’t have a problem with ...

According to some, there’s now a surefire way to spot ChatGPT use: the em dash. Yes, the punctuation mark officially defined by the width of one “em.” A favorite of James Joyce, Stephen King ...