What could be better than an em dash? They pepper my writing, adding dramatic pauses and emphasizing my biggest points. I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An em dash in a gold frame. Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images /fotograzia/PATSTOCK It’s rare that a punctuation mark ...

PCWorld explores how human writing can exhibit AI-like characteristics, using Claude Sonnet 4.6 to analyze writing patterns ...

"Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college," said Kurt ...

Just a few years ago, the em dash was an ordinary form of punctuation used by writers to emphasize, interrupt and set aside ideas. (It gets its name from typesetting, historically being the exact ...

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Nobody loves an em-dash more than I do — I put an em-dash on ...

Today in the New York Times' Opinionator blog there's a love letter of sorts from Ben Yagoda, author and professor of English at the University of Delaware, to the dash. Not the em-dash, in particular ...

The first method by which you can make an Em Dash in Google Docs is using the Google Docs Special characters chart. The following instructions will help you with that: You can also insert an EM Dash ...

When it comes to proper punctuation, choosing between an exclamation point and a question mark is child’s play. The semicolon-vs.-colon decision is a bit tougher to make. But even that can’t compare ...