# ai-style/em-dash-overuse

Heavy em-dash use relative to sentence count.

- Default level: `info`
- Confidence: `low`
- Evidence source: Document context
- Category: Formatting tells

Compares evidence across a paragraph, nearby sentences, or the complete document.

[Rule page](https://slopsift.dev/rules/em-dash-overuse/)
[Source](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/blob/main/packages/rulepack-ai-style/src/rules/formatting.ts)
[Report a false positive or missed finding](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/issues/new?template=false-positive.yml&title=rule%3A%20ai-style%2Fem-dash-overuse)