why do bankers over use dashes in emails

don't you have some comments to turn

Intern in IB-M&A:

they're used incorrectly almost 90% of the time.

Say that to their face.

have an example?

No idea--could you provide an example?

Do you mean:

Name - I said this in the email.

Real question is: which one is more prestigious - single dash or double dash?

Target Sophomore – Thanks for the note, happy to chat about my time at BB. Let's connect next week – shoot me some times when you can hop on the phone.

Best,
1st-Year Analyst

What about when they use exclamation marks?

Wait liberal arts background here. Isn't it generally agreed upon that the em dash is generally known to NOT have a particular correct usage? As long as it sets off an unessential modifier and the rest of the sentence is able to standalone, the em dash is considered fine.

But I agree. The em dash is vastly overused.

Dawg - gotta utilize those dashes - easier than using proper grammar. Not even being sarcastic.

Finance major here - I like them in networking emails instead of using periods so I feel better about having less sentences.

If I use a period every time then bankers will see 6-7 sentences instead of 3-4 lol.

Double dash is way better

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/ .. \/ .-. .-. \/ .. \
| | '| / Y \ |' | |
| \ \ \ 0 | 0 / / / |
\ '- ,.-""-./, -' /
'-' /_ ^ ^ _\ '-'
.--'| ._ _ ./ |'--.
/\ \.-. / /\
/ './ |-' _.' \
/ ; /--~' | \

Let's ask Patrick Curtis.

I've actually never seen the double dash - but I do use the single often

big dash guy here

edit: the dashing doesn't stop in PE dawgs

When there's a grammatical error in your post about grammatical errors.

But really - I use a dash when I have no idea what kind of punctuation to use. Double dash is way too aggressive

This is still a lot less annoying than boomers who incorrectly overuse ellipsis/trailing dots. When I first started working, I got an email from my director that looked like this:

"Hey {insert first name} ...

Thx... Great work on this ... let's circle together on this tomorrow morning..."

I thought he was being passive aggressive and hated the work I did and hated my guts because of all the ellipsis. Slowly realized the dude had no idea how to use punctuation

not sure- I enjoy using dashes to break up text to have it read in a similar cadence to how I'd speak. Dash carries a different meaning than comma though. you don't use a dash without two separate ideas. I've used this for years in personal conversations before finance though

8==D

Dashes=Chad move
Commas=virgin move

We don't over use dashes - that's preposterous.