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[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 76 points 7 months ago (3 children)

though tensions between the two allies have grown sour amid mounting U.S. concerns

Should be ...relations between the two allies have grown sour amid..., or ...tensions between the two allies have grown amid....

"tensions" growing sour makes no sense though. Are there sweet international tensions?

Can really see the deteriorating quality of journalism in the writing used. They're being paid for this. Supposedly anyway.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Honestly, I think ChatGPT wouldn't make that particular mistake. Sounding proper is its primary purpose. Maybe a cheap knockoff.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Fuck you’re probably right

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Could just be a way of saying, like, tensions have grown worse. When things sour, they get worse. Unless it's sour cream. Or citrus. Or pickles.

I dunno I'm not a linguist.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This happens sometimes in my own writing when I'm revising quickly. Of course I don't have an editor and I'm just commenting on Lemmy and Reddit, but same idea. First I write it using one phrase, then I revise it to another phrase while leaving behind a trace of the removed phrase. The final sentence might check out grammatically but not logically, so a simple grammar checker could miss it.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Makes you wonder how fast they're trying to go. I do it too, and I'm not on a deadline. I'm also not a professional, working within my field though.