misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down18
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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’.
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’.