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andyferris • 12/09/2024 • 2 replies • view on HN

I wondered if it was partly the effect of stream-of-consciousness writing without access to a backspace key (or even graphite eraser)?


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LAC-Tech • 12/10/2024

My instinct was that it was more of a "germanic" sentence structure, but I am rusty on these things and there's enough bad amateur linguistics on the internet for me to add to it.

Or maybe we're both right? Could be a co-relation.

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hprotagonist • 12/11/2024

to me it’s a hallmark of a writing style that understands itself to be written speech.