Some people think there’s a surefire way to tell — the em dash. Writers, journalists and other grammar nerds — we’re sorry. In recent months, commenters on social media have zeroed in on the humble ...

Use a hyphen, not a slash, to illustrate joint entity or ownership (faculty-staff newsletter). Never use a hyphen in place of a colon or dash for emphasis or to denote a break or pause. Do not use a ...

Think you’ve mastered getting away with using ChatGPT? Well, Gen Zs have spotted a tiny clue that’s blowing your cover.

Gen Z thinks they’ve figured out a dead giveaway that someone has used ChatGPT — and it might surprise you. The em dash is ...

Gen Z has reportedly identified a unique punctuation usage, the em dash, as a potential indicator of ChatGPT's artificial ...

The em dash has long been a favorite punctuation mark of writers everywhere. This lengthier dash can replace a comma or a colon. It’s also sometimes used to sum up info at the end of the ...

Placement with other punctuation: A period or comma always go inside closing quotation marks. ("We hope to win the game," he said.) A dash, semicolon, question mark and exclamation point go inside ...

A viral podcast clip claims em dashes reveal AI-generated writing, with Gen Z dubbing it the “ChatGPT hyphen”.

According to some, there’s now a surefire way to spot ChatGPT use: the em dash. Yes, the punctuation mark officially defined by the width of one “em.” A favorite of James Joyce, Stephen King ...

Suspicious that an awkward email or stilted college essay may have been written by artificial intelligence? Some people think there’s a surefire way to tell — the em dash. Writers, journalists ...