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ryansolidyesterday at 8:49 PM3 repliesview on HN

Before:

Anyone who has spoken to me knows I talk in run-on sentences. I never complete a thought without interrupting myself. And I write the way I talk. I used to heavily edit that out of my writing, but now AI uses the proper punctuation and fills in where I miss words. It's like what I hear in my head but better. Because it is grammatically sound.

After:

Anyone who's spoken to me knows I talk in run-on sentences. I never complete a thought without interrupting myself. And I write the way I talk. I used to spend whole editing passes beating that out of my drafts. Now AI handles the punctuation and fills in the words I skip. It's what I hear in my head, but grammatically sound.

The result is almost always terser, more clear, and to the point. And usually all it takes is one more pass over to adjust anything I wouldn't say. In this case I kept the after verbatim just to illustrate my point.


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dash2yesterday at 8:56 PM

I prefer the former version. It sounds like a human.

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xg15yesterday at 9:06 PM

> And I write the way I talk. I used to spend whole editing passes beating that out of my drafts.

What's an "editing pass"?

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noman-landyesterday at 10:26 PM

I prefer the before.