Some people are only just learning about the em dash, or so it seems, as written content faces a new wave of ChatGPT-generated accusations – all thanks to the versatile punctuation mark. Tweets, blogs ...

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 ...

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 ...

EXAMPLE: 5–8 p.m. and 11 a.m.–2 p.m. NOT: 5 p.m.–8 p.m. or 11–2 p.m. En-dashes (option+hyphen) are used for ranges of time, dates and academic years. Em-dashes (option+shift+hyphen) are used for ...

Short dashes often replace hyphens to prevent confusion and have the following roles: Long dashes (—) are more commonly called "em" dashes, because they are the length of the letter "m." These longer ...

There’s a cat-and-mouse game between those using generative AI chatbots to produce text undetected and those trying to catch ...