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A stream of lower-case loosely grammatical consciousness punctuated only by dashes and the seemingly sole use of the other punctuation keys on a computer keyboard these days, emoticons :).
Unlike typical hyphen and dash usage, some grammatical resources allow you to separate em dashes from the rest of the sentence with spaces when used this way.
And em dashes can show a switch in grammatical structure, like — well, you know.
It serves as grammatical clarification, too: in the first line, for instance, he dash makes it clear that the subject of "the cradle of all my race" isn't the house but the speaker.
Notice a grammatical pattern?
Usage trumps grammatical purity.
Grammatical Inference and Grammatical Complexity.
This is called grammatical conditioning.
No dash.
Use simple but grammatical speech.
Another dash?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com