ChatGPT Has Ruined the Em Dash

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay get into the war between em dashes and
artificial intelligence. Back in 2024, what started as a developer
question became an all-out grammar war, with the use of em dashes
becoming a possible indicator that something was written using
ChatGPT. In the past week alone, several writers have published
their defenses of the em dash and how we shouldn’t let ChatGPT ruin
our favorite keyboard shortcut. However, the em dash may be a
symptom of a bigger issue: have our AI detection skills gotten
worse? Or, are we all doomed to be tricked by a hyphen or two? Get
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