misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down18cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoThey serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoHyphen - En Dash – Em Dash — - – —
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoParkour civilization.
minus-squarerammer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 months agoThat’s a colon not a semicolon.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoIf the problem is with a colon, wouldn’t a proctologist be a better choice?
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoI forgor which is which
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe semicolon has a slight boner.
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