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I can't say I have ever been in a 'men’s locker room for writers', but for en dashes and em dashes it isn't the size that matters, it is how you use it – but I do agree we should reclaim the em dash from ChatGPT!
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dont-let-ai-ruin-the-em-dash-7354977c
#EmDash #GrammarNerd #ChatGPT

It's true — my bad.

For decades — it's an obsession — I have used the parenthetical #EmDash to punctuate my writing. They are so much more elegant than littering my posts with (obnoxious) parentheses.

#TechBros hoovered up the Internet — including all my posts — to train their #GenAI to produce slop, and that's why #ChatGPT dumps em dashes all over the place.

Remember, seeing an em dash doesn't automatically mean #AI wrote it — could be a #GrammarNerd like me.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/06/26/em-dashes-hyphens-and-spotting-ai-writing/

An illustration of typographical dashes, including the en dash which is the width of letter N, the em dash which is the width of letter M, and the figure dash which is the width of a numerical digit.

Em dashes are generally used in prose — often to set off parenthetical statements — sometimes to indicate interrup—

En dashes are used to indicate ranges of values, such as the fact that I gave 3–5 effs to write this post — several more effs than the average tech bro.

Figure dashes are used when a dash appears in a sequence of digits, such as a phone number like +1‒555‒555‒0000. Honestly — and I truly mean it — I don't use figure dashes as carefully as em dashes. The hyphen is right there.

scrivi come magni... #ErroriDiScrittura
#GrammaticaConGusto
#ItalianoChePassione
#RegoleFacili
#SosGrammatica #ErroriEpici
#GrammaticaDisastrosa
#FacciamoFintaDiNiente
#SosGrammatica
#ErroriCheFannoMale
#ItalianoAllaDeriva
#QuandoLaGrammaticaPiange
#ChiHaFattoQuesto
#OrroriGrammatici
#RidiamoPerNonPiangere #ErroriVirali
#LoScrivoOGiusto?
#DilloInItaliano
#SbagliandoSiImpara
#MaiPiùCosì #ScritturaCreativa #NonSiScriveCosì #LinguaItaliana #GrammarNerd

La foto mostra la bancarella di un mercato con un cartello con la scritta "PAIL" riferita ai maglioni in tessuto sintetico pile.

I understand the semicolon placement here, but I don't like it:
"That puts the target squarely back on Steve Spagnuolo's defense, in my opinion; if K.C. is going to hold steady down the stretch, that's the unit that must play its best ball."
I prefer putting it after the word "defense,":
"That puts the target squarely back on Steve Spagnuolo's defense; in my opinion, if K.C. is going to hold steady down the stretch, that's the unit that must play its best ball."
Opinions?
#grammarnerd

@CaptainFlab @rjfaas I think you meant #GrammarNerd 😆#schaudenfreude

https://punnypeak.com/english-puns/ "
" "Why was the English teacher always tired?
Because he had too many classes to spell out! #EnglishJoke #PunnyTeacher #GrammarNerd #SpellingMistakes #LanguageHumor #EducationalHumor #FunnyEnglish #WordPlay #TeachingJokes"

My #thesaurus is extinct, so I have to use Google.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WritersLife #WritingLife #WritersCommunity #GrammarNerd #GrammarGeek #Synonymns

Cartoon of a giant dinosaur, like a T-Rex, towering over the shadow of a small human. The human is pointing up at the dinosaur, and says, "Gasp!"

The dinosaur responds, "Inhale, pant, puf, respire..."

☝️☝️See previous tweet if you came here because of any of these hashtags.☝️☝️

#GrammarNerd #GrammarNerds #Edits #WritingLife #Writers #Writing #EditingTips #EditingAdvice #WritersOfMastodon #Editors #EditorsOfMastodon #EditorsLife

How do you comfort an upset grammar nerd? “There, their, they’re.”

#Puns #DadJokes #GrammarNerd

Bad spelling makes me [sic].

#Puns #DadJokes #GrammarNerd

Whoever put the letter 'b' in the word 'subtle' deserves a pat on the back.

#Puns #DadJokes #GrammarNerd

Favourite figure of speech, people? Synecdoche for me!
#grammar #grammarnerd #writing #writinglife

Didn't Hallmark cards used to be good? This isn't even grammatically correct >.< Am I being too picky or should I return this? #actuallyautistic #Hallmark #grammar #grammarnerd

"You bring a whole lot of love, and a whole lot joy into my life. And im a whole lot of thankful!"

Did you know that commas could save lives?!

"LET'S EAT, KIDS!"

#writing #grammar #comma #facts #amazing #tips #fun #comedy #grammarnerd #grammarians #grammarpolice

@pisscotheque in’correct use’s of comma’s #grammarnerd

@Lavernica This begs a joke about sequence of tenses that I am too tired to come up with right now. #GrammarNerd

@intransitivelie Setting up and formatting a MS Word Table of Contents and Table of Authorities in the longer briefs I write. Boring and nit-picky to some; totally satisfying and enjoyable to me. #Writer #Lawyer #GrammarNerd #FormattingNerd

#GrammarNerd

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