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You can always rely on grandma (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by earlyadopter to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tokens are usually never multiple words. Think of them like "information units". If you have a plural word "hats", there are two tokens: the "hat" one and the "s' that adds more information about it being plural. Combinations of words only really occur for proper names.

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