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minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·23 days agoWhy not just use one dash…?
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoI believe an em dash is a legitimate, albeit not common outside of written works, grammatical thingamadoo.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 days agoToo bad we only accept grammatical thingamajigs and thingamabobs as non-AI
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoI think thingamawhosits are allowed also?
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoThey’re quite common if you use iOS. The autocorrect changes 2 regular -‘s into one — em dash.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoWell yes, iOS does those grammatical changes. What I mean is the em dash is less common today then in the past, but the wealth of written works including them has “trained” AI that humans use it everywhere.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoDifferent length dashes serve different grammatical purposes, so you can assume they didn’t just use one dash because they intended to use two. Funnily enough, the “dash” people use most often isn’t even technically called a dash, it’s a hyphen.
Why not just use one dash…?
I believe an em dash is a legitimate, albeit not common outside of written works, grammatical thingamadoo.
Too bad we only accept grammatical thingamajigs and thingamabobs as non-AI
I think thingamawhosits are allowed also?
They’re quite common if you use iOS. The autocorrect changes 2 regular -‘s into one — em dash.
Well yes, iOS does those grammatical changes.
What I mean is the em dash is less common today then in the past, but the wealth of written works including them has “trained” AI that humans use it everywhere.
Different length dashes serve different grammatical purposes, so you can assume they didn’t just use one dash because they intended to use two.
Funnily enough, the “dash” people use most often isn’t even technically called a dash, it’s a hyphen.