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Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Honestly, should I stop using em dashes? Or at least stop using them in academic settings? I really don’t want to have to deal with the “I wanted to see you after lecture because your essay sounds like it was written by AI” talk. I never use LLMs, and I’ve been using em dashes since long before ChatGPT was released, but I keep hearing people talking about identifying AI writing because of em dash use. I suppose it doesn’t help that most of my serious writing sounds incredibly academic—much like I imagine an LLM would talk. But no, I’m not using AI to write; I’m just autistic.

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Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
No. If people think em-dashes are a “surefire sign” of LLMs, they’re just as dumb as the people who take LLM output uncritically. Sometimes, you need to separate a thought with something other than a period, semicolon, or parenthesis, and a hyphen or double hyphen is simply not correct grammar. LLMs can pry my em-dashes from my cold, dead fingers.

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MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I had to stop using them as much. I used to like using them but now the AI alarms are too high.

Now I write like a maniac, go reflect my souls better. Also, I’m making more friends with the semicolon.

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blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Just adapt the ~

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- Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I’ve never seen a tilde used in formal writing beyond indication that a given number is an estimate. I feel like it’d make more problems than it would solve (lower marks for improper grammar).
  
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