Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-)
by citrus1330 on Thursday March 27, 2025 @09:25PM
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You aren't special for using em dashes, and it doesn't make someone an NPC to notice that AIs frequently make use of them.
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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-)
by ogurechny on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:50PM
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The comment above is not about being special, it is about proper typography that is still everywhere around us: books, serious websites, anything done by real designers. Those people had to try hard to miss all of that.
No, it is not “politically incorrect” to call people lacking curiosity and/or education like you see them.
No, someone's personal preferences or transitory fashions are not automatically promoted to the holy reference for the whole world.