01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100101 01100001 01101100 00111111

edit - honestly not a troll. is it the specific formatting of “em” dashes? i know for sure we use them all the time. or at least i do. but they’re just dashes to me, so…

  • irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee
    141·
    1 day ago

    Ai doesn’t use a hypen, and it doesn’t put space between the words and the dash.

    For example, If I were using a dash - I’d use it like this.

    Ai uses it—like this.

    • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      14 hours ago

      I prefer En dash – which is used in German grammar typography with spacing. Which seems much more readable to me.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        7 hours ago

        In English, en dashes are for ranges like between 2.5–7.5, or from Feb–July. Em dashes are to show connective thoughts, is it truly different in German or just your preference?

        • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          It’s different in German.

          We use En with spacing for thoughts, interruptions, and apparently can also be used for ranges (recommended by standards, but a popular spelling source has ranges without spacing, sometimes used with reduced spacing).

    • ...m...@ttrpg.network
      4·
      17 hours ago

      …microsoft applications have an annoying habit of auto-replacing my dashes with emdashes; i don’t even know how to type an emdash…

      • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
        21·
        14 hours ago

        Have you considered using En dashes over Em? – vs —

        That is – actually – correct German typography.

        • lemonaz@lemmy.world
          2·
          14 hours ago

          I may be using both unwittingly. Many programs on desktop autocomplete two dashes with a long dash (not sure which one) and on my mobile keyboard I use it reflexively and I think the easiest is the Em dash because I don’t have to move my finger after the long press. It’s such a small visual difference that I always forget which is which.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      21 hours ago

      The AI models I’ve seen DO put spaces before and after the dash—that’s how I’ve been able to suss out LLM posts in the past. I never put spaces because it’s WRONG!