Em-Dash Addiction
FormattingCompulsive overuse of em dashes for dramatic pauses, parenthetical asides and pivot points. A human writer might use 2-3 per piece (and naturally); AI will use 20+.
Examples
“The problem -- and this is the part nobody talks about -- is systemic.”
“The tinkerer spirit didn't die of natural causes -- it was bought out.”
“Not recklessly, not completely -- but enough -- enough to matter.”
“It doesn't just parse your code -- it analyzes control flow -- tracks types -- and detects logical errors.”
Tags
punctuationem-dashdramatic-pause