Post #4304069
2026-07-31 22:36 UTC
@Tamasg@mindly.social @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space I suppose I should know the difference here but do not.
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@Tamasg@mindly.social 2026-07-31 22:43
@Jage@mas.to @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space from a website (not AI): Em dashes are longest. They act like commas or parentheses and create a break in a sentence. En dashes, shorter than Em dashes but longer than hyphens, express a range of values or connect related items. Hyphens, the shortest of the three, connect compound words and help avoid ambiguity. This is very nuanced and I suspect AIs often use the emdash when in reality an endash would suffice, but they don't get the distinctions