Here’s the Punctuation Mark Gen Z Wants You to Stop Using—And It’s Not What You Think

Here’s the Punctuation Mark Gen Z Wants You to Stop Using—And It’s Not What You Think

Punctuation marks may be small, but they carry a lot of weight—shaping tone, clarifying meaning and even signaling the writer’s personality. I adore the em dash; I tend to be a bit of a drama queen and employed them long before someone decreed they were a sign of AI-generated content. And, I find there’s no more satisfying way to make your point than to put a simple period on it.But one punctuation mark, once a favorite of authors and scholars, …