just saw this piece by ann handley about people freaking out over punctuation. everyone is so paranoid that using an em dash makes your writing look like
it was written by a bot . she basically argues that we should stop obsessing over these tiny stylistic choices. it is kind of wild how much weight we are putting on a single type of dash lately. her whole point is that the
punctuation itself isn't the problem, it is the lack of human soul in the actual content. i think people are just looking for any excuse to call everything low quality or automated these days. we should focus more on
actual substance instead of policing every comma and dash. does anyone else feel like we are entering an era where
style is being used as a weapon against human writers? maybe we should just embrace the dash and move on with our lives.
full read:
https://annhandley.com/why-care-about-the-em-dash/