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[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a difference between (this—this) and (this--this).

I will always use the latter because I am not bothering with typing allat.

I am not AI. Probably.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago
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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

I have a script that turns this -- into this — on my computer, but tbf I'm probably an AI so that tracks.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Honestly might want to consider stopping using the script now. Double hyphens seems more human, at least for the time being

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

what percentage of my body needs to be microplastics to be considered artificial? because we all might be AI

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I use alt+0151 for em dashes and alt+0150 for en dashes, or if I’m in Word or Outlook I use its autocorrect to trigger them (“word - word ” turns into an en dash while “word--word “ turns into an em dash).

But now I’m starting to avoid them. I’m just glad AI hasn’t ruined semicolons yet (especially since I’m using them sometimes to replace em dashes).

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

There are three:

  • hyphen - separate parts of compound words
  • n-dash – used for ranges; often replaced by hyphens
  • m-dash — used as a replacement for parentheses or semicolons

In flat text, use two hyphens for the m-dash and one for both hyphens and n-dash.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I use - for all of these

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Speak for yourself.
As a large language model,

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

But why not just use this - this?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I use that for lists. Double hyphen is also more distinct.

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