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0 pointssurround2mo ago0 comments

Trust your own style, even if you aren't a native English speaker. Here's an example where a non-native speaker used an LLM to polish his post. The general consensus was that his own writing was preferable to the LLM's edited version.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45591707

For dyslexia, use a spell-checker. For grammar, use a basic grammar checker, like the kind of grammar checker that has come with MS word since the 1990s. But don't let a style-checker or an LLM rob you of your own voice.

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yellowapple1mo ago

> The general consensus was that his own writing was preferable to the LLM's edited version.

I don't believe a single one of those people.

> For grammar, use a basic grammar checker, like the kind of grammar checker that has come with MS word since the 1990s.

Those are notorious for false-positives, false-negatives, and generally nonsensical advice. Not that the LLM-based alternatives are much better (looking at you, Grammarly), but still.

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