@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1176cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•7 months agoMeanwhile in English, the semicolon is dead – long live the dash.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•7 months agoThey serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoI see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-27 months agoHyphen - En Dash – Em Dash — - – —
minus-squaretrollercoasterlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-27 months agoIf the problem is with a colon, wouldn’t a proctologist be a better choice?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months ago the semicolon is dead – long live the dash. I see what you did there. But a colon would be best, right ?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoTrue – the colon still has its utility, but the dash is multifunctional (perhaps less formal).
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoAs long as it’s an em dash (—) and not a hyphen (-) I’m OK with it. A double hyphen is acceptable but not ideal.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•7 months agoI regularly use the semicolon; it makes me happy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoAs long as you’re communicating your ideas clearly, to each their own!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoSkibidi toilet my Ohio, skibidi toilet
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoI think they meant in common usage; that’s the impression I get - just sayin’.
Meanwhile in English, the semicolon is dead – long live the dash.
They serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
waoh,
I see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
i cannot believe how hard I’ve been read
Hyphen -
En Dash –
Em Dash —
- – —
Parkour civilization.
That’s a colon not a semicolon.
See an optometrist.
If the problem is with a colon, wouldn’t a proctologist be a better choice?
I forgor which is which
The semicolon has a slight boner.
That points down?
Age is a bitch.
And a motherfucker
I see what you did there. But a colon would be best, right ?
True – the colon still has its utility, but the dash is multifunctional (perhaps less formal).
As long as it’s an em dash (—) and not a hyphen (-) I’m OK with it. A double hyphen is acceptable but not ideal.
I regularly use the semicolon; it makes me happy.
As long as you’re communicating your ideas clearly, to each their own!
Skibidi toilet my Ohio, skibidi toilet
Can relate ;)
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I think they meant in common usage; that’s the impression I get - just sayin’.