I resent so thoroughly how much ChatGPT has made people recoil from the em dash EMILY DICKINSON AND ALSO ME HAVE NOT LIVED AND FOUGHT IN VAIN THE ARTROOMBA ROBOTS WILL
NOT TAKE THIS FROM US
NOT TAKE THIS FROM US
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I did not learn the option+shift+hyphen combination for the "—" decades before the ChatGPT back when art thieves had the decency to conduct their business as a ragtag ensembles of likable misfits getting together for one last heist
THE ARTROOMBA ROBOTS WILL NOT TAKE THIS FROM US
With deepest respect,
yr friendly neighborhood copyeditor
Thank you, friendly neighborhood editor!
Artroomba robots cannot take—this dash da DA da DA
If you were looking for four more syllables, that is.
Maybe at some point we should cross-check with the author?
In vain to boost the dash
(I tried to sound like an LLM lol)
restate what you're applying to in agreement, or "I understand but" to disagree
give elaboration
include em-dashed example elaboration
exclamation points for enthusiasm
group adjectives by threes
reference common adages
it's just generally very affirmative