Em dashes are not proof of AI writing — Austen and Hemingway used them first

Responding to claims that em dashes signal AI-generated writing, Rufus Pollock notes that the punctuation long predates LLMs and was widely used by authors like Jane Austen and Hemingway, serving as a precise tool for interruption and emphasis.

2026-10-19 ~ 2026-10-19 · 2 related posts

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