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minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoThey serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-223 hours agoHyphen - En Dash – Em Dash — - – —
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 hours agoThat’s a colon not a semicolon.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 hours agoIf the problem is with a colon, wouldn’t a proctologist be a better choice?
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoI forgor which is which
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoThe semicolon has a slight boner.
minus-squarerammerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoi cannot believe how hard I’ve been read
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