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minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoWhy not just use one dash…?
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months 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.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI believe an em dash is a legitimate, albeit not common outside of written works, grammatical thingamadoo.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoToo bad we only accept grammatical thingamajigs and thingamabobs as non-AI
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI think thingamawhosits are allowed also?
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThey’re quite common if you use iOS. The autocorrect changes 2 regular -‘s into one — em dash.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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.
Why not just use one dash…?
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.
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.