Em Dash Overuse Pattern

A Em Dash Overuse Pattern is a llm writing marker that exhibits excessive em dash usage in ai-generated text.

• AKA: Em Dash Spam, Dash Overuse, Long Dash Pattern, — Overuse, Em Dash Tell.
• Context:
  • It can typically manifest at 2-3x higher frequency than human writing baselines.
  • It can typically appear as parenthetical insertions and clause separators.
  • It can often indicate gpt model output particularly from instruction-tuned models.
  • It can often correlate with formal writing style in ai-generated content.
  • It can range from being a Subtle Em Dash Overuse Pattern to being an Obvious Em Dash Overuse Pattern, depending on its frequency deviation.
  • It can range from being a Consistent Em Dash Overuse Pattern to being a Variable Em Dash Overuse Pattern, depending on its occurrence regularity.
  • It can range from being a Model-Specific Em Dash Overuse Pattern to being a Universal Em Dash Overuse Pattern, depending on its llm scope.
  • It can range from being a Context-Dependent Em Dash Overuse Pattern to being a Context-Independent Em Dash Overuse Pattern, depending on its domain sensitivity.
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• Examples:
  • GPT-4 Em Dash Patterns, such as:
    • "The results—which were surprising—indicate that..." occurring with high frequency.
    • "The system—a complex architecture—demonstrates..." as characteristic construction.
  • Claude Em Dash Patterns, such as:
    • Multiple em dashes per paragraph for thought separation.
    • Em dash clusters in explanatory text.
  • Academic Writing Em Dash Patterns showing formal tone markers.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Hyphen Usage Pattern, which uses short dashes for word connection.
  • En Dash Usage Pattern, which uses medium dashes for range indication.
  • Parenthesis Usage Pattern, which uses bracket punctuation rather than dash punctuation.
  • Natural Em Dash Usage, which follows human writing conventions.
• See: LLM Writing Marker, Punctuation Pattern, AI-Generated Text Detection Task, Stylometric Analysis, GPT Model Output Pattern, Claude Model Output Pattern, Writing Style Analysis, Syntactic Pattern, Text Authenticity Measure.

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