> ... they get their point across -- you don't know ... >... a "venial sin" -- you won't be going to hell ... It hurts to read people use em dashes to break u

> ... they get their point across -- you don't know ... >... a "venial sin" -- you won't be going to hell ... It hurts to read people use em dashes to break up the flow mid sentence. You're better off using a semicolon. > I do judge spelling errors harshly, since most modern OSes will give a nasty red squiggle Delete the comma to fix the comma splice and use because instead of since because you're not talking about a difference in time.