Leave the Em Dash Alone

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Leave the Em Dash Alone/images/blog/leave-the-em-dash-alone/header.webp I'm annoyed by all the hate against the em dash. As Matthew Butterick captures brilliantlyhttps://practicaltypography.com/hyphens-and-dashes.html, it adds pauses to sentences. Or more specifically and importantly for me—it ad...