this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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Type design, setting, fonts, etc.
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Word autocorrects 2 hypens in a row to an em dash, and even in google docs you can set it to autocorrect nearly anything you want into an em dash. There are valid uses for it that normal humans do use. Maybe not in casual conversation, but in journalism, legal work, books, etc. there are reasons someone might choose to use one over structuring their writing another way