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OK, I understand now. Im not sure I've seen the form you put it in, but I agree its very common for someone to say something to the effect of "Is it 1 r or 2 in
by JamesSwift 2y ago
OK, I understand now. Im not sure I've seen the form you put it in, but I agree its very common for someone to say something to the effect of "Is it 1 r or 2 in strawberry", completely eliding the first r. That makes more sense. I still disagree the posted form gets interpreted as that though : D
- jdthedisciple 2y agoGlad you see what I mean now :) Any particular reason you disagree? It's a more plausible explanation than "llm dumb lol" in my view, given its statistical nature
- JamesSwift 2y agoJust the nuance of the language. Im saying _statistically_ those scenarios are "Im currently trying to spell a word and Im verbally asking you which is right". Very rarely would that be written in text, and I think its much more likely to be framed as "is there 1 or 2" as the question. I think _statistically_ it is overwhelmingly likely the question as framed is a trivia style question asking for the actual answer.
- jdthedisciple 2y agoStatistically I would surmise it's more often asked with a 1 vs 2 framing, because I don't think anyone genuinely was ever asked by another person how many of any character are in any correctly spelled word in written form, because that would be a redundant question, right? But I suppose to answer this it could help to actually gather statistics on the frequency of either version in texts online.