• underisk@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    just swap them out with semicolons; no one knows how they’re supposed to work anyway

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      14 hours ago

      Semicolons should separate related ideas; they should work as independent sentences though.

      Em dashes–contrary to how most people use them–are for asides or supplementary information. I also see them used to show a conclusion–a direct response to a prior statement that doesn’t seem appropriate to put in a new sentence.

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        12 hours ago

        Best choice is to switch out the em dashes for parentheses ( even where that doesn’t make any sense.