The most complete list of LLM writing tics yet: negation-first reveals, aphoristic closers
gleech · x · 2026-11-10
Moritz Schauer shares what's called the most complete list yet of LLM writing tics, presented as a table of ten signature patterns with examples: negation-first reveals ("It is not a wrong answer. It is a non-answer."), significance designation, abstraction agency ("The table shows it."), deferred nouns, coy thesis-shaped headers, aphoristic closers, straw-man knockdowns, fragment cadence, dressed metaphors, and label-first framing. A handy reference for spotting AI-flavored prose.
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