Over time, people have learned how to train ChatGPT out of using the em dash. You can tell it to “remember to never use an em dash” and it will — at least in theory — comp ...

If Em Dash shortcut is not working in Word, employ the Universal Alt Code, create a Foolproof AutoCorrect Entry, etc.

OpenAI released a 2025 recap rundown called "Your Year with ChatGPT," which tells users which day they chatted the most and ...

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, ...

Disclosure Day sees Spielberg reunited with Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp for a film based on an original story by ...

If you're reading something that was generated by AI, there may be signs. A chatbot might delve into or conceptualize or leverage a topic or overuse adjectives and transition words that humans rarely ...

Today in the New York Times' Opinionator blog there's a love letter of sorts from Ben Yagoda, author and professor of English at the University of Delaware, to the dash. Not the em-dash, in particular ...

The first method by which you can make an Em Dash in Google Docs is using the Google Docs Special characters chart. The following instructions will help you with that: You can also insert an EM Dash ...

When it comes to proper punctuation, choosing between an exclamation point and a question mark is child’s play. The semicolon-vs.-colon decision is a bit tougher to make. But even that can’t compare ...

Presidential candidates and em dash users Joe Biden, Beto O'Rourke, and Cory Booker. Credit: MASHABLE COMPOSITE / ROBYN BECK / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES / Sean Rayford / Scott Eisen VIA GETTY IMAGES The ...