Comment by stogot
3 days ago
I’ve seen people use colons where em dashes are effective. I use em dashes. AI leans heavily on them for same reason
3 days ago
I’ve seen people use colons where em dashes are effective. I use em dashes. AI leans heavily on them for same reason
It’s become the exclamation mark of mid-sentence punctuation. It connotes fragmented or interrupted speech in my opinion. The problem is that writing is not speech, that’s why it is more often seen in written dialogue.