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this is the start of everything falling apart, i can feel it (media.fedia.io)

submitted 2 days ago by QuantumEraser@fedia.io to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 1 day ago (1 children)

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 6 points 1 day ago

Did I not say “which is fine”?