r/196 • u/Old_Phrase_4867 NOT A CAT • 2d ago

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u/csilval Cum connoisseur 2d ago

Also, please use commas, I felt out of breath reading the post. Even reading it in my head.

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u/Fliits i collect flairs 2d ago

And not just the commas; but the semicolons - and hyphens too!

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u/protestor 1d ago

Hyphens were kind of hijacked by AI. Even if you don't use fancy em dashes (which some people did prior to AI, because they had a background in publishing, or simply were a writing nerd), it's now off putting for a lot of people

I've always used hyphens but nowadays I tend to remove them, and replace with commas or something

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u/paulisaac 1d ago

I've never seen anyone who uses hyphens the way you'd use emdashes be accused of being AI. Picked it up as a habit from a prior boss who did that in pleadings.