Yea, scientists like to write papers and use the fancy em dash, most people don’t even know how to type one. Alt + 151 on the number pad? No idea on a phone
It’s also formatted in the exact way chatgpt does its mind numbingly shit one pagers
On my setup two dashes become an m-dash. On my phone it’s a long press.
It’s actually very easy, If you don’t know something doesn’t mean most people don’t
Yea, scientists like to write papers and use the fancy em dash, most people don’t even know how to type one. Alt + 151 on the number pad? No idea on a phone
It’s also formatted in the exact way chatgpt does its mind numbingly shit one pagers
Many writing tools automatically transform dash to em dash when used as an em dash.
Yes, tools like ChatGPT
Snide comment that achieves very little. Word has done the dash —> em dash transformation since the late 90s.
On my setup two dashes become an m-dash. On my phone it’s a long press.
It’s actually very easy, If you don’t know something doesn’t mean most people don’t
Em dashes are considered informal, I have had several professors scold me for using them in academic writing. Like contractions.