Ragan: Em dashes are abrupt. They stand out, demand recognition and alert readers that the words to come are important. Em dashes are bold and sometimes unsettling, loudly ushering parenthetical statements into a sentence.
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Work: Writers beware: Em dashes are overused and misunderstood
Published on July 9th, 2009 under 
Category: English Grammar 
Tags: and-alert, bold-and, come-are, communication, grammar, stand-out, technology, words, writing
Category: English Grammar Tags: and-alert, bold-and, come-are, communication, grammar, stand-out, technology, words, writing