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minus-squaredance_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 month agoMeanwhile in English, the semicolon is dead – long live the dash.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoI regularly use the semicolon; it makes me happy.
minus-squaredance_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAs long as you’re communicating your ideas clearly, to each their own!
minus-squaremindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoSkibidi toilet my Ohio, skibidi toilet
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThey serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoHyphen - En Dash – Em Dash — - – —
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoParkour civilization.
minus-squarerammer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoThat’s a colon not a semicolon.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoIf the problem is with a colon, wouldn’t a proctologist be a better choice?
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoI forgor which is which
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe semicolon has a slight boner.
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-227 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI think they meant in common usage; that’s the impression I get - just sayin’.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago the semicolon is dead – long live the dash. I see what you did there. But a colon would be best, right ?
minus-squaredance_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoTrue – the colon still has its utility, but the dash is multifunctional (perhaps less formal).
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month 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.
Meanwhile in English, the semicolon is dead – long live the dash.
I regularly use the semicolon; it makes me happy.
Can relate ;)
As long as you’re communicating your ideas clearly, to each their own!
Skibidi toilet my Ohio, skibidi toilet
They serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
Hyphen -
En Dash –
Em Dash —
- – —
Parkour civilization.
waoh,
I see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
i cannot believe how hard I’ve been read
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
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I think they meant in common usage; that’s the impression I get - just sayin’.
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.