Friday, November 27, 2020

Have I been using em-dashes incorrectly?

 From TNR's critique of media columnist Ben Smith:


Wait. I often use em-dashes like Smith does, basically as a replacement for a colon. I also use them, paired, basically as parentheses within a sentence.

Have I been doing it wrong the whole time?

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