In Defense … of the Ellipsis
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In Defense … of the Ellipsis
The em dash will shine bright, however, if you’re indicating a break in thought, aiming for an emphatic pause, or setting off an aside that’s a step above being relegated to parentheses.
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not.