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It isn’t just the dash, it’s the contrast. To max out the slop score of the sentence, you should always cram in a three item list, no matter how little sense, utility or value it holds.
Creating a list makes a lot of sense – the reasons for this include:
Let me know if you need any help in constructing your own three point list!
Here’s why it works: it’s effective, powerful, and useful.
I’d like a three point list about the reasons mistaking the use of tricolon, juxtaposition and dashes for slop indicators is not just stupid, but unfair to people – like myself – who’ve grown up learning the same writing style that is now being demonized.