# Semantics of @mentions in sentence structure

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**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/semantics-of-mentions-in-sentence-structure/26235 "2024-11-04T20:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![aubford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@aubford](https://forum.cursor.com/u/aubford)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/semantics-of-mentions-in-sentence-structure/26235/1 "2024-11-04T20:44:45Z")

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Does it make sense to structure prompts using @mentions like this? Does it understand the semantic meaning of @codebase to be the current codebase when used in a sentence like that?Or would it understand it better if the prompt was like: "Find all usages of enrollment\_date in the codebase. @Codebase "

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/semantics-of-mentions-in-sentence-structure/26235/2 "2026-06-18T10:18:56Z")

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