"Ahahaha! Busted! You used an em dash—must be ChatGPT!"

Ahahaha! Busted. You used an em dash, must be ChatGPT. I learned about hyphen, en dash, and em dash only recently. I asked ChatGPT, checked Treccani and Merriam Webster. I use AI a lot, but the voice is mine. Tools help me write clearer. The thoughts and the words are still mine. Fully human. True.

"Ahahaha! Busted! You used an em dash—must be ChatGPT!"

Oh wow, you got me. Caught red-handed… using correct punctuation.


Well—plot twist: I didn’t even know what an em dash was until a few months ago.

I’d seen it, mostly in English books. I just assumed it was a longer dash someone used when they ran out of commas 😄