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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Let's delve into the peculiarities of this article— shall we? (/s)

A lot of people don't know what proper English looks like because they don't read enough books offline, and so chatbots, sounding grammatically correct or even passing a single customer service or human reading check are elevated to the status of "speaks proper English" by neophytes.

As a result, people who want to be seen as speaking _"completely proper English" _ will adopt certain habits of the chatbots (especially if they're from a different nation or speak a foreign language and don't understand the grammatical rules of English natively), e.g: Like the Nigerian Tech scams.

You also have the incompetent, like the UK politicians mentioned, converting "simple English to complex English" using an LLM dialect/formatting tool.

Shit, piss, motherfucker and cock. 👍🏼

[–] natecox@programming.dev 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I feel attacked by some of the popular narrative here. I’ve been using em dashes for years and I don’t want to stop, but now that’s “AI” suddenly.

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Hello fellow em-dash enjoyer, there are dozens of us, literally dozens! But yeah, fuck AI.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've never used them previously, but I am now because I want to take them back!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Just ignore the haters. We were first.

Read books, hope it corrects.

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Fuck you, you're exactly right.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

How are "books offline" more proper English than books online, exactly? They're the same books, no?

Proper English is not supposed to be capitalized and the only reason that this comment is capitalized because I am using speech to text. I fucking hate mobile keyboards.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Absolutely! Here's the honest truth — I don't do that

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's an Excellent Question! Here are the fourteen ways to speak better...