Tag Archives: em dash

Note: This is the one post where I’m continuing to use the em dash — just to show everyone how pretty it is! No, I’m not a robot :-)

I’ve always liked using the em dash - some may call it the "long dash". There’s something about how it breaks up a sentence — smoother than a comma, less formal than parentheses — that adds a bit of style and flow. It looks nice on the page and feels natural