grammer

grammer

use of emdash

“For the past 10 weeks, Amp has been the main tool with which I develop software and — putting yet another exclamation mark behind the fact that the tools we use end up changing us — it has fundamentally changed how I develop software.”

1. They add spoken rhythm and emphasis: Using em dashes instead of commas makes the aside feel more dramatic and conversational, like a pause in speech where the author leans in and underlines the point. Commas would be lighter, parentheses would feel more “under-the-breath.” The dash feels like: “and—by the way, this really proves my point that tools change us—…”