May 6

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The Em Dash Is the King of All Punctuation — and Emily Dickinson Is His Queen

I don’t care what your English teacher says. They can meet me on the playground after school if they want to get down and dirty.

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There’s no debate when it comes to the em dash. It is, unequivocally, the king of…

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