I use alt+0151 for em dashes and alt+0150 for en dashes, or if I’m in Word or Outlook I use its autocorrect to trigger them (“word - word ” turns into an en dash while “word–word “ turns into an em dash).
But now I’m starting to avoid them. I’m just glad AI hasn’t ruined semicolons yet (especially since I’m using them sometimes to replace em dashes).
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There’s a difference between (this—this) and (this–this).
I will always use the latter because I am not bothering with typing allat.
I am not AI. Probably.
Probably.
There are three:
In flat text, use two hyphens for the m-dash and one for both hyphens and n-dash.
I use - for all of these
I have a script that turns this – into this — on my computer, but tbf I’m probably an AI so that tracks.
what percentage of my body needs to be microplastics to be considered artificial? because we all might be AI
I use alt+0151 for em dashes and alt+0150 for en dashes, or if I’m in Word or Outlook I use its autocorrect to trigger them (“word - word ” turns into an en dash while “word–word “ turns into an em dash).
But now I’m starting to avoid them. I’m just glad AI hasn’t ruined semicolons yet (especially since I’m using them sometimes to replace em dashes).
Honestly might want to consider stopping using the script now. Double hyphens seems more human, at least for the time being
Speak for yourself.
As a large language model,
But why not just use this - this?
I use that for lists. Double hyphen is also more distinct.