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iOS and MacOS started adding the stupid "smart" apostrophes by default for text input fields all over, including browsers, in some recent update.
by Aloisius 2y ago
iOS and MacOS started adding the stupid "smart" apostrophes by default for text input fields all over, including browsers, in some recent update.
- LeoPanthera 2y agoOP is also using em-dashes "—" without spaces, just like ChatGPT always does.
- Aloisius 2y agoYeah. Between that, the circled numbers, poor spacing, actual use of ±, odd choices of language and the brand new account, I think you're right that it's a bot.
- nickburns 2y agoWhich ChatGPT likely "always does" because the vast majoity of style manuals prescribe closed usage[1][2][3], and that's therefore how it mostly appears in human-generated text. It's definitely how I learned to use it long before LLMs existed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Spacing_and_substitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Spacing_and_substitution [2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-... [3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/punctuation/dashes-hyphens/emes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/punctuation/da...