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What is a ‘ChatGPT hyphen’? Gen Z sleuths claim to have cracked the code to expose AI-generated content

For most writers, the em dash is a trusted stylistic tool — versatile, expressive, and a little rebellious. It slides into sentences like a jack-of-all-trades, standing in for commas, parentheses, or ...
Indiatimes

ChatGPT's em dash: How is it different from en dash and hyphen? And how to use it correctly?

A debate surrounds the em dash, dubbed the 'ChatGPT hyphen'. Gen Z and social media users link it to AI content. However, literary figures like Jane Austen used it too. Its presence in AI stems from ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: How do you actually use a hyphen?

Hyphenaters used to be fearless. Bad to the bone. Unflinching in the face of multi-word adjectives that required two or even three hyphens. An editor would see the terms “anti” and “social” and “media ...