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Jon Sparks on Nostr: #WritersCoffeeClub 10/9. What are your thoughts on em dashes? Probably third on my ...

#WritersCoffeeClub 10/9. What are your thoughts on em dashes?
Probably third on my list, after semi-colons and ellipses, but I like them, especially in dialogue. All these things help to get closer to the really rhythms of speech. But I groan when writers use em-dashes instead of inverted commas to denote direct speech. That’s just the ‘I’m doing this differently so I must be cleverer than you’ fallacy.
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