Gen Z thinks they’ve figured out a dead giveaway that someone has used ChatGPT — and it might surprise you. The em dash is punctuation loved by writers everywhere, functioning like a comma, colon or ...

Gen Z: I am — and I don’t say this lightly — so busy. Boomer: What’s with all the dashes? Is Morse code having a moment? Em dashes are a vibe. One X user calls them the ‘coolest punctuation ever’ — ...

The dash is the Kim Kardashian of punctuation marks: misplaced, over-exposed, shamelessly self-promoting, always eager to elbow out her jealous sisters the comma, colon, and semicolon. My friend 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, ...

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 ...

AI's frequent use of em dashes is changing how people write. Many now avoid these punctuation marks to sound more human and less robotic. This trend highlights a new anxiety around writing, as perfect ...

Do you have an em dash problem? No? Lucky you. I do and, until the other day, I didn’t even know it was a problem. What is an em dash, you ask? Sorry, I should have ...

A debate surrounds the em dash, dubbed the 'ChatGPT hyphen'. Gen Z and social media users link it to AI content. However, literary figures like Jane Austen used it too. Its presence in AI stems from ...

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 ...

After the Oxford comma debate and the death knell of the period, the latest mark to define and divide us – breaking up our thoughts, adding emphasis to our convictions, alternately vexing and ...