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minus-squaredance_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months agoMeanwhile in English, the semicolon is dead – long live the dash.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoI regularly use the semicolon; it makes me happy.
minus-squaredance_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAs long as you’re communicating your ideas clearly, to each their own!
minus-squaremindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoSkibidi toilet my Ohio, skibidi toilet
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThey serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoHyphen - En Dash – Em Dash — - – —
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoParkour civilization.
minus-squarerammer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoi cannot believe how hard I’ve been read
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 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.
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe dash implies a sidenote, an additional relevant thought, while a semicolon denotes a break in the sentence that joins together 2 full sentences that are ostensibly thematically related. They aren’t interchangeable.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think they meant in common usage; that’s the impression I get - just sayin’.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoTrue – the colon still has its utility, but the dash is multifunctional (perhaps less formal).
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 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.
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
The dash implies a sidenote, an additional relevant thought, while a semicolon denotes a break in the sentence that joins together 2 full sentences that are ostensibly thematically related. They aren’t interchangeable.
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.