@[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]linkfedilinkEnglish9•7 months agoThey serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
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]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoI see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
They serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
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
waoh,
I see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
i cannot believe how hard I’ve been read