ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDamn she had AI write itdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDamn she had AI write itdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJaymesRS@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoYou can pry my em dashes — which I use regularly in writing because I love them — from my cold dead hands (To be fair, I really like parenthetical statements too, could be an ADHD thing).
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoHumans just use dashes - they get the point across and don’t require esoteric button presses.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBut it just doesn’t look right. I use a double dash, but most places now convert that automatically to em dash.
You can pry my em dashes — which I use regularly in writing because I love them — from my cold dead hands (To be fair, I really like parenthetical statements too, could be an ADHD thing).
Humans just use dashes - they get the point across and don’t require esoteric button presses.
But it just doesn’t look right. I use a double dash, but most places now convert that automatically to em dash.