Both of them are irreplaceable.

E: There's a joke stating that the letter C can be replaced K and S (but "ch" can't be replaced by "kh" or "sh"). In a similar fashion, em dashes (commonly used to add relevent information like parentheses or to introduce a definition) has some of its usage overlapped with parentheses and colons, but still has some unique usages that can't be replaced.

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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

And my grandma is a human like Usain Bolt, both can run.

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