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minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 days ago — consistently— What kind of person — in academia or otherwise — actually uses em-dashes?
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoI love your username. Capys are so adorable. I wish it was ethical to keep them as pets.
minus-squaremicrocapybara@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoThank you 😊 they are — I love their chill attitude. I make do quite well with the micro version although guinea pigs are, justifiably, more skittish.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoAI learned off people’s works. So a lot of people used to use them in writing, it seems.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoYes, in professional papers and journalism which is prevalant in training datasets.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoI wonder what the venn diagram of “professors” and “people who write papers” is like 🤔
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoIt’s a great punctuation. You could use commas, but emdash is nice.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoI prefer parentheticals, but unless absolutely necessary, I try to write more simply because if I write how I actually think, it starts to get all John Sturat mill run-on sentence-y
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoI overuse the fuck out of parentheses. Emdash is helping me get over that, but I can relate.
What kind of person — in academia or otherwise — actually uses em-dashes?
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I love your username. Capys are so adorable. I wish it was ethical to keep them as pets.
Thank you 😊 they are — I love their chill attitude. I make do quite well with the micro version although guinea pigs are, justifiably, more skittish.
AI learned off people’s works. So a lot of people used to use them in writing, it seems.
Yes, in professional papers and journalism which is prevalant in training datasets.
I wonder what the venn diagram of “professors” and “people who write papers” is like 🤔
It’s a great punctuation. You could use commas, but emdash is nice.
It is, isn’t it?
I prefer parentheticals, but unless absolutely necessary, I try to write more simply because if I write how I actually think, it starts to get all John Sturat mill run-on sentence-y
I overuse the fuck out of parentheses. Emdash is helping me get over that, but I can relate.