I think the em-dash—that fantastically useful divider—is rapidly replacing the comma as my most over-used punctuation mark. Although parentheses and semi-colons (some of my other favorite punctuators) tend to creep in fairly often as well; maybe I just need to write down fewer of my tangential thoughts?
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