• Jack Riddle
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    1611 months ago

    I fully agree with you. However, I like semicolons. They feel very chaotic because nobody knows what they do exactly.

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      1111 months ago

      They separate different clauses that don’t necessarily have to be two separate sentences. It can be used in place of a comma where you would follow with but, and, or, nor, for, so and yet.

      I have a shirt, but it is itchy.

      I have a shirt; it is itchy.

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      411 months ago

      It’s not some kind of linguistics witchcraft 😬 of course some people know how to use them and some don’t.

      I have no idea why comments like yours are prevalent here; imma head out.