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droidjjtoday at 7:19 PM1 replyview on HN

Em dashes are commonly used to add emphasis, even where you would ordinarily use a comma. Their flexibility is why many people love them! See https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-...


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caconym_today at 7:38 PM

Yes, I know what an emdash is---I've been using them in my writing since long before they came to the fore of the AI writing conversation. Anthropic's use of the emdash in the fragment I quoted is clumsy and reads poorly relative to the obvious alternative, a comma.

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