← Back to context Comment by gblargg 4 hours ago Does AI use double hyphens? I thought the point was to find who wasn't AI that used proper em dashes. 13 comments gblargg Reply jader201 4 hours ago Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashes, because iOS/macOS translates double dashes to em dashes.I think there may be a way to disable this, but I don’t care enough to bother.If people want to think my posts are AI generated, oh well. JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago > Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashesIt depends if you put the space before and after the dashes--that, to be clear, are meant to be there--or if you don't. oniony 2 hours ago I cannot remember ever reading a book where there was a space around the dashes. 6 replies → fragmede 2 hours ago What, no love for our friend the en-dash?- vs – vs — 2 replies → teiferer 3 hours ago There is also the difference in using space around em-dashes.
jader201 4 hours ago Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashes, because iOS/macOS translates double dashes to em dashes.I think there may be a way to disable this, but I don’t care enough to bother.If people want to think my posts are AI generated, oh well. JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago > Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashesIt depends if you put the space before and after the dashes--that, to be clear, are meant to be there--or if you don't. oniony 2 hours ago I cannot remember ever reading a book where there was a space around the dashes. 6 replies → fragmede 2 hours ago What, no love for our friend the en-dash?- vs – vs — 2 replies → teiferer 3 hours ago There is also the difference in using space around em-dashes.
JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago > Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashesIt depends if you put the space before and after the dashes--that, to be clear, are meant to be there--or if you don't. oniony 2 hours ago I cannot remember ever reading a book where there was a space around the dashes. 6 replies → fragmede 2 hours ago What, no love for our friend the en-dash?- vs – vs — 2 replies →
oniony 2 hours ago I cannot remember ever reading a book where there was a space around the dashes. 6 replies →
Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashes, because iOS/macOS translates double dashes to em dashes.
I think there may be a way to disable this, but I don’t care enough to bother.
If people want to think my posts are AI generated, oh well.
> Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashes
It depends if you put the space before and after the dashes--that, to be clear, are meant to be there--or if you don't.
I cannot remember ever reading a book where there was a space around the dashes.
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What, no love for our friend the en-dash?
- vs – vs —
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There is also the difference in using space around em-dashes.