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jameshart on May 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: GitHub Copilot Chat Leaked Prompt

And to complete the thought:

The ‘You are an AI chatbot’ form is actually grammatically ‘predicative’, not ‘imperative’ (ie it describes what is not what must be done)

heyjamesknight on May 13, 2023 [–]

Isn’t it Indicative, not Imperative?

jameshart on May 13, 2023 | [–]

Good point - indicative is a better term since it is a grammatical ‘mood’, same as imperative.

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