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[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 72 points 4 days ago

Now i see why people suspect that em dash = ai, that's a lot of em dash.

[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 12 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Reyali@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days 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).

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