As a former em-dash enjoyer, I indeed feel your pain.
replyI'm with you an that one. RIP em-dash.
replySame here for em-dashes
replyI feel like a lot of these have been LinkedIn-isms or PR-isms long before they have been AI-isms so not much is lost.
replyI used to use em-dashes for explanatory clauses--like this one, for example--when using commas would make the sentence difficult to parse due to other nearby commas.
replyThey're only a LinkedIn-ism when used to create an unduly dramatic juxtaposition for an otherwise mundane idea. But now they set off people's AI radar when used for any reason at all.
Perhaps I am biased because I find the use of em-dashes without spaces (as is common in English typesetting) to be inherently ugly so I'm not too unhappy to see their use discouraged.
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