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# LLM Prose Tells
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A catalog of patterns found in LLM-generated prose.
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A catalog of structural, lexical, and rhetorical patterns found in LLM-generated
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prose.
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Even outside the "not X but Y" pivot, models substitute em-dashes for commas,
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semicolons, parentheses, colons, and periods. The em-dash can replace any other
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punctuation mark, so models default to it.
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punctuation mark, and models default to it for that reason.
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### The Colon Elaboration
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> "This is, of course, a simplification." "There are, to be fair, exceptions."
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Parenthetical asides inserted to perform nuance without changing the argument.
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Parenthetical asides inserted to perform nuance without ever changing the
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argument.
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### The Unnecessary Contrast
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### Elevated Register Drift
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Models write one register above where a human would, replacing "use" with
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"utilize," "start" with "commence," "help" with "facilitate," "show" with
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"demonstrate," "try" with "endeavor," "change" with "transform," and "make" with
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"craft."
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Models write one register above where a human would. "Use" becomes "utilize."
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"Start" becomes "commence." "Help" becomes "facilitate." "Show" becomes
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"demonstrate." "Try" becomes "endeavor." "Change" becomes "transform." "Make"
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becomes "craft."
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### Filler Adverbs
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title: Repository Policies
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last_modified: 2026-03-09
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last_modified: 2026-02-22
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---
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This document covers repository structure, tooling, and workflow standards. Code
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`https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitignore` when setting up
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a new repo.
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- **No build artifacts in version control.** Code-derived data (compiled
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bundles, minified output, generated assets) must never be committed to the
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repository if it can be avoided. The build process (e.g. Dockerfile, Makefile)
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should generate these at build time. Notable exception: Go protobuf generated
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files (`.pb.go`) ARE committed because repos need to work with `go get`, which
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downloads code but does not execute code generation.
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- Never use `git add -A` or `git add .`. Always stage files explicitly by name.
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- Never force-push to `main`.
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