Decades of people disparaging vocabulary and meaningful metaphors, and in their place push “clear and concise” writing has led to this. Mr. Olang has every right to be frustrated - and he is joined by almost every English major across the globe. You’ll have to take my em-dash from my cold dead hands.
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em dashes (and colons/semicolons) are part of proper writing. unfortunately, people have lost their way on how to actually use them correctly. I spend a lot of time removing superfluous colons from content i receive (some from actual communications staff who should know better).
but we’re big em dash people where i work. now if only i could get them to go back to the oxford comma.
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Very interesting article. I knew a couple of Kenyans casually back in the early 1980s, and at first, I couldn’t put my finger on what to call their vernacular, as it was different from both white Americans and black.
This being well before ChatGPT, we settled on “the Queen’s English.” Since then, I have known people from a lot of places with English as a second language, as well as some who are neurodivergent. I like to think I can spot chatbots, but this is why you have to give the benefit of the doubt. I never considered the em dash as a tell, though, as I tend to go parenthetical a lot myself, (usually with brackets).
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This is a great interactive discussion of the fundamentals of how cameras and lenses work.
Great presentation and info for anyone who’s curious.
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