top | item 45663447 (no title) landdate | 4 months ago Which could be removed with a simple filter. em dashes require at least a little bit of code to replace with their correct grammar equivalents. discuss order hn newest eru|4 months ago Just replace them with a single "-" or a double "--". That's what many people do in casual writing, even if there are prescriptive theories of grammar that call this incorrect. JumpCrisscross|4 months ago > em dashes require at least a little bit of code to replace with their correct grammar equivalentsOr an LLM that could run on Windows 98. The em dashes--like AI's other annoyingly-repetitive turns of phrase--are more likely an artefact. ssl-3|4 months ago The replacement doesn't have to be "correct" -- does it?
eru|4 months ago Just replace them with a single "-" or a double "--". That's what many people do in casual writing, even if there are prescriptive theories of grammar that call this incorrect.
JumpCrisscross|4 months ago > em dashes require at least a little bit of code to replace with their correct grammar equivalentsOr an LLM that could run on Windows 98. The em dashes--like AI's other annoyingly-repetitive turns of phrase--are more likely an artefact.
eru|4 months ago
JumpCrisscross|4 months ago
Or an LLM that could run on Windows 98. The em dashes--like AI's other annoyingly-repetitive turns of phrase--are more likely an artefact.
ssl-3|4 months ago