You know maybe the kids are alright
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What is the deal with the double commas?
Puppies have big pause
Ba dum tss
Dogs are not great at grammar and punctuation. They are still good dogs.
You really can’t judge a dog for not knowing about ellipses for pauses.
Plus, repeated commas pause your text-to-speech AI longer than periods or ellipses.
I don't use commas like that, but I wonder if they use commas like I use periods.
One comma means slight pause, natural speaking tone. It's still one continuous sentence.
But when I use three periods...it indicates...akward pauses...
Ah, so they're French?
Different pause length than ... maybe