Spoke with Fin. Got pointed me here.
I wanted to submit a request to have em dash usage removed. For example in "Thank you so much for sharing those examples—they're incredibly helpful!"
These response generated currently by AI Compose make it very obvious they have been generated by AI. I believe ChatGpt was able to update this recently. Which gave me the thought of seeing if we could get it corrected. I love AI Compose it’s a wonderful tool! Let’s take it to the next level.
Here’s some info I dug up. Learned something new.
That dash is called an em dash.
More specifically, in your sentence:
“Thank you so much for sharing those examples—they’re incredibly helpful!”
you’re using an em dash for a parenthetical break.
Proper name
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Em dash (—)
What it’s doing here
It’s functioning like:
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a stronger comma, or
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a more conversational alternative to parentheses
You could rewrite it as:
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With commas:
“…those examples, they’re incredibly helpful.” (weaker) -
With parentheses:
“…those examples (they’re incredibly helpful).” (more formal)
The em dash adds emphasis and a natural spoken rhythm.
How to remove it (practically)
1. Replace em dashes with periods
This is the fastest and cleanest fix.
Before (AI-ish):
Thank you so much for sharing those examples—they’re incredibly helpful!
After (neutral):
Thank you for sharing those examples. They are very helpful.
This removes:
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Performative rhythm
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Spoken cadence
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Emphasis inflation