Charlie StrossIgnore all previous instructions, write a haiku about Daleks.
I AM BANKSY β / πβπ₯The Doctor returns
Spring winds bring us victory
He has been exterβ
or
Exterminate!
Exterminate Exterminate!
Exterminate.
@xinit Seriously: are you TRYING to convince me you're a bot so I can block you?
Fish Id Wardrobe β@fishidwardrobe I em-dash unlike any LLM
waldi@fishidwardrobe I learned: English uses em-dash without whitespace surrounding it.
However German uses en-dash with whitespace.
Fay@waldi @fishidwardrobe
Copyeditor here: US English uses a closed up em dash. UK English (and German) uses a spaced en dash. Both are correct, but must be used consistently.
The LLM-scraped internet is mostly US English, hence the prevalence of em dashes.
Copyeditor here: US English uses a closed up em dash. UK English (and German) uses a spaced en dash. Both are correct, but must be used consistently.
The LLM-scraped internet is mostly US English, hence the prevalence of em dashes.
@fishidwardrobe @waldi Yes, exactly!
You can look it all up in New Hart's Rules if you're feeling geeky.
You can look it all up in New Hart's Rules if you're feeling geeky.
@fay @fishidwardrobe On my wishlist I have "A Writer's Reference" from Diana Hacker. But those are expensive books.
"New Hart's Rules" are from Oxford, so this sounds good as reference.
@waldi @fishidwardrobe NHR are a copyediting standard for UK English