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deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yea, scientists like to write papers and use the fancy em dash, most people don’t even know how to type one.

It’s also formatted in the exact way chatgpt does it’s mind numbingly shit one pagers

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sunbeam60@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Many writing tools automatically transform dash to em dash when used as an em dash.

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- arin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yes, tools like ChatGPT
  
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  - sunbeam60@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Snide comment that achieves very little. Word has done the dash —> em dash transformation since the late 90s.
    
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Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
On my setup two dashes become an m-dash. On my phone it’s a long press.
It’s actually very easy, If you don’t know something doesn’t mean most people don’t

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Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Em dashes are considered informal, I have had several professors scold me for using them in academic writing. Like contractions.

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