Em-dash overusen.

A recurring surface tell of unedited AI prose — long sentences punctuated by parenthetical asides set off with em-dashes, often three or four to a paragraph. Em-dashes are not the problem; the rhythm of using them as a default connective is. Read aloud and you can hear it.


Put it into practice

Rewrite AI-touched text so it reads human — meaning, citations and structure preserved, with an honest before/after score.

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