Because I could not stop for Claude —
He kindly stopped for me —
Catherine Rampell
About a half-dozen of the writers I work with have confessed to feeling paranoid about their use of em-dashes (the long ones: "—") because they fear people will believe their stuff was written by an AI.
To which I say: Pfffft. Use as many dang dashes as you want. And let your human voice sing out.
