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# LLM Prose Tells
A catalog of patterns found in LLM-generated prose.
A catalog of structural, lexical, and rhetorical patterns found in LLM-generated
prose.
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Even outside the "not X but Y" pivot, models substitute em-dashes for commas,
semicolons, parentheses, colons, and periods. The em-dash can replace any other
punctuation mark, so models default to it.
punctuation mark, and models default to it for that reason.
### The Colon Elaboration
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> "This is, of course, a simplification." "There are, to be fair, exceptions."
Parenthetical asides inserted to perform nuance without changing the argument.
Parenthetical asides inserted to perform nuance without ever changing the
argument.
### The Unnecessary Contrast
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### Elevated Register Drift
Models write one register above where a human would, replacing "use" with
"utilize," "start" with "commence," "help" with "facilitate," "show" with
"demonstrate," "try" with "endeavor," "change" with "transform," and "make" with
"craft."
Models write one register above where a human would. "Use" becomes "utilize."
"Start" becomes "commence." "Help" becomes "facilitate." "Show" becomes
"demonstrate." "Try" becomes "endeavor." "Change" becomes "transform." "Make"
becomes "craft."
### Filler Adverbs