Hyphens, en dashes and em dashes: the tiny marks causing a surprisingly big fuss

You may have noticed a small punctuation mark getting a lot of attention lately: the em dash. Some people now treat one as a sure sign that a piece of writing came from AI. It is not. It is just punctuation doing a job. There are a few different dash-like characters, each with a slightly different use. Knowing the difference will not win you every pub quiz, but it can make web copy clearer and...
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