When Did Good English Become Suspicious?
Not everything is ChatGPT or AI, some of us just grew up in homes where your dad edited your WhatsApp messages for punctuation. đŠ
I saw a tweet recently where recruiters were listing how they âidentify ChatGPTâ in job applications and honestly? I was stressed.
Half the âAI signsâ they mentioned were just⌠basic grammar because what do you mean ânonethelessâ âin-depthâ âmeticulouslyâ are AI signsâŚ.theyâre basic grammar đĽ˛
These days, if your sentence flows too well or you use a hyphen where a comma wonât do - suddenly itâs: âAh, thatâs AI.â đ
Meanwhile, this is the same English some of us have been speaking (and overthinking) since Primary 1. We even used to do dictation đ
I was writing âpseudo,â âconsequently,â and ânotwithstandingâ for fun back then.
Some of us didnât need ChatGPT to write full sentences, we had Kenyan parents, lesson teachers and Mock essay drills.
We lived in homes where âspeak wellâ wasnât advice, it was law and by force đ
đ English textbooks were our personality.
đ Essays had intros, bodies, conclusions with topic sentences and thesis statements!
đŁď¸ My parents used words like ânonchalant,â âconsequently,â and âerroneousâ in everyday conversations. I had no choice but to level up.
So now we have to water down our writing just to prove weâre human? Donât even get me started on the issue of learning to switch to British English from American which we were taught in. Now everyone in thinks Iâm an illiterate when I say âorganizeâ instead of âorganiseâ (story for another day)đ¤§
Good writing â AI.
Proper grammar â suspicious.
Let people be articulate in peace.
JOHN MSAFIRI
Media Relations | Seasoned Writer | Content Creator | Strategic PR & Communications Specialist
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