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ohadron | 2 years ago

It's quite evident after you read a few. Typically convoluted and fancy English.

In other words: Upon perusal of a mere handful, the prevailing characteristic becomes abundantly clear. The prose predominantly revels in a labyrinthine complexity, intertwined with a flourish of ornate lexicon.

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tayo42|2 years ago

> Typically convoluted and fancy English

this is how im told to write for a corporate setting... this is insanity lol, be perfect, but not to perfect.

notahacker|2 years ago

That looks more like someone who writes cover letters with a thesaurus. (I'm sure they exist).

With ChatGPT some of its stock phrases are quite easily recognisable and I'm sure they're a lot more recognisable having seen 30 other generic cover letters that also use them!

antonchekhov|2 years ago

The overall tone is bloodless, in a relentlessly smooth, confident style. The articles on the news site Axios.com have a similar style - relaxing to read at first, but feel bereft of any convictions after a while.

vlod|2 years ago

Damn. As a person who likes to write good grammar and sound above average intelligence in my cover letters, I'm probably doing it all wrong.

I have to figure out how not to sound like an AI overlord :)