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EM dashes are specifically the — long ones, while - is simply a dash; the former can't usually be found on physical keyboards, you have to jump through a few hoops in order to "type" them, but LLMs are not limited by physical keyboards.
However, some people do jump through these hoops — I use EM dashes whenever I'm typing on my phone because they're only two taps away.
Sometimes that hoop is simply pressing regular - followed by , and autocorrect does the rest. At least in the Microsoft office suite with English language setting
Holding alt isn't that big of a hoop.
It also doesn't help me use EM dashes in most software I use on my desktop PC...