The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for.
I have been reading posts about em dashes lately. Some criticize their use, while others defend them, especially when they appear in content assumed to be artificial intelligence (AI)-generated. Maybe ...
The future of the em dash — and the elements of style more broadly — is in our hands. Let us be a beacon for writers everywhere and keep the shift-option-hyphen in our toolboxes.
REGEX is a smarter version of Excel's FIND function, which works well for basic lookups. However, REGEX handles more complex ...
Even the FBI’s elite codebreakers — known for cracking Nazi spy ciphers — couldn’t solve the pages found in McCormick’s ...
England-based Bradsell took the Flying Five last September in the dash down the Curragh’s straight, right-to-left course. It earned him a free trip to Del Mar for the 5-furlong Breeders’ Cup Turf ...
Raise your hand if you’ve ever come across a recipe instruction to “add a pinch of salt” or “a dash of paprika." These vague-sounding directions can be confusing and they often lead you to wonder: how ...
Have you ever stared at a sprawling Excel spreadsheet, wondering how to make sense of the chaos? For many, Excel formulas feel like a secret language, powerful yet elusive. But here’s the truth: ...
Brazilian indie studio Rogue Snail has shared the details for today's 1.1 release of its roguelike ARPG Hell Clock. Titled ...
The # has a name you’d never guess. Developed for touch-tone telephones in 1968, that little hex is called an octothorpe.
The idea is to write a sentence in which a word or phrase is included covertly, camouflaged among the letters of longer words the way "Dylan" is tucked inside "Candyland" and "astir" is strung across ...