cm0002@lemmy.world to Typography & fonts@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoCould the Semicolon Die Out? Recent Analysis Finds a Decline in Its Usage in British Literature and Confusion Among U.K. Studentswww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up127
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minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThat feels more like it calls for a comma; the “especially” transitions between the clauses. https://linguaholic.com/linguablog/comma-before-especially/
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYeah, I would usually use a comma there but I was trying to illustrate; it’s a lot easier to tell when a semi-colon feels right than to contrive a sentence to deliberate it.
That feels more like it calls for a comma; the “especially” transitions between the clauses. https://linguaholic.com/linguablog/comma-before-especially/
Yeah, I would usually use a comma there but I was trying to illustrate; it’s a lot easier to tell when a semi-colon feels right than to contrive a sentence to deliberate it.