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Unfortunately LLMs are pretty inconsistent in how they use em dashes. Often they will put spaces around them despite that not being "correct," something that's
by jdiff 11mo ago
Unfortunately LLMs are pretty inconsistent in how they use em dashes. Often they will put spaces around them despite that not being "correct," something that's led me astray in making accusations of humanity in the past.
- jachee 11mo agoDepends on the style guide you’re following, apparently: The AP style guide says space around them[0]. Chicago Manual of Style says not to[1]. 0: https://www.prdaily.com/dashes-hyphens-ap-style/ https://www.prdaily.com/dashes-hyphens-ap-style/ 1: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/HyphensEnDashesEmDashes/faq0002.html https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/H...
- setopt 11mo agoThere’s also the difference between the conventional EU/UK style (spaced en-dash) vs. the common US style (unspaced em-dash).
- kragen 11mo agoThank you! I usually use THIN SPACE on each side of my em dashes (Compose Space Minus in https://github.com/kragen/xcompose https://github.com/kragen/xcompose ), but on HN that gets bashed to a regular space.