One dead giveaway that something was written by artificial intelligence is the overuse of the M Dash (—). If I was going to type, 2025-2026, I would use the hyphen as I did. If I wanted to say, "To be or not to be. ThaT — My Dear...is the question." (imagine a cross between Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner) (you can't teach artificial intelligence my style. It is very unique). I capitalized both T's in that so that you would know to emphasize it. And I added the M Dash to indicate a dramatic pause. The capitalization thing is my thing. The dramatic pause is the correct usage of an M Dash.

On a typewriter you would create an M Dash by typing two hyphens in a row. Microsoft Word would AutoCorrect this to an M Dash. The version of Apple notes I am using does not. I don't know about Facebook. And M Dash is a longer hyphen (-).

To create and M Dash consistently on the iPhone, go to the number keypad when entering text into a text field. Press and hold on the hyphen until the alternative characters appear. Here you can find the M Dash. (if you are using touch typing as the input method while using voiceover, after the alternative characters appear, do not lift your finger. Slide up a little bit and to the right. When it announces what you want lift your finger)

I typed (and dictated) every word of this. Claude taught me an awful lot before I started trying to type this. Use artificial intelligence to your advantage. Improve yourself...

Written by B. On June 16th, 2026. Image created with Google's Gemini.

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