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this is the start of everything falling apart, i can feel it (lemmy.nz)

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[-] chunes@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

They’re useful. Especially to avoid over-using other punctuation such as semicolons. I also use them to avoid back-to-back sentences with exclamation marks!

There you go. It's easier, clearer, and less pretentious.

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

Okay, but you've just created a sentence fragment, which is fine unless you were trying to use complete sentences.

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Fragments are wrong in elementary school grammar, yes. In the real world, they're used by Charles Dickens and other sophisticated writers intentionally.

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

Did I not say “which is fine”?

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