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An 8th Planet Is Found Orbiting a Distant Star, with A.I.’s Help
- anigbrowl 9y agoReally NYT? The correct way to write this is: '8th planet orbiting distant star found with AI help' or 'AI helps to find 8th planet orbiting distant star'
- dvtv75 9y agoWell, it made me smile.
- jacquesm 9y agoCould you please explain why that is the correct way?
- Scramblejams 9y agoBecause the way the headline is formulated, the A.I. is helping the planet orbit that distant star, though arguably the comma saves it.
- anigbrowl 9y agoI don't really want to write a grammar essay, but when you have two verbs in a sentence (orbiting, found) you should avoid splitting the dependent clauses (orbiting a distant start, found with AI help). Otherwise confusion may arise over which dependent clause belongs to which verb. Sentences are clearest when written in the active rather than passive voice, and this is especially true in headlines. 'Scientists use AI to find new planet' is far better than 'A planet is found with help from AI'. The Elements of Style is by far the best good to good clear writing in the English language. http://www.jlakes.org/ch/web/The-elements-of-style.pdf http://www.jlakes.org/ch/web/The-elements-of-style.pdf
- lucozade 9y agoPlot twist. An 8th planet is found orbiting a distant star with AI’s help.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThe AI felt Neptune is better off elsewhere, so it moved the planet to an orbit around a distant star.
- InclinedPlane 9y agoAn 8th planet is found orbiting a distant star, with AIs, help?
- eberkund 9y agoAn 8th planet, with AI help is found orbiting a distant star
- anigbrowl 9y agoNo, that's not a valid construction in English. But this points to an interesting distinction between different language families that is useful to know about and aids mutual comprehension: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject%E2%80%93verb%E2%80%93object https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject%E2%80%93verb%E2%80%93o...
- aaron_m04 9y agoAll but one of the stars are distant...
- mulmen 9y agoAh yes but how many planets orbit them?
- Simon_says 9y agoAll but eight of them.
- amelius 9y agoSo how would you phrase it?
- davedx 9y agoEchoes of Neuromancer...
- tomjacobs 9y agoNeural networking. Meeting neurons for business drinks.