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minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·19 hours agodashes cannot always replace commas, but commas can replace dashes. thus - commas are more powerful thus, commas are more powerful
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 hours agoAmusingly enough, one use case for em dashes is a pause where a comma would be too weak — refuting your assertion. Also, you used a hyphen.
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-27 hours agonot actually a hyphen, a minus (not that this matters to me in the slightest) I’m sorry, but “the pause is too weak” sounds squarely in the area of faffery to me.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agohyphen and minus is the same punctuation symbol in different contexts, at least how most people, including you, signify the mathematical symbol. hyphen: - minus: - en-dash: – em-dash: — so… yeah. pretty clear it doesn’t matter to you since you speak authoritatively about it while being incorrect
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoIt’s more along the lines of the comma is too weak for the pause. Likewise, there are places where the em dash is too strong for the pause.
dashes cannot always replace commas, but commas can replace dashes.
thus - commas are more powerful
thus, commas are more powerful
Amusingly enough, one use case for em dashes is a pause where a comma would be too weak — refuting your assertion.
Also, you used a hyphen.
not actually a hyphen, a minus (not that this matters to me in the slightest)
I’m sorry, but “the pause is too weak” sounds squarely in the area of faffery to me.
hyphen and minus is the same punctuation symbol in different contexts, at least how most people, including you, signify the mathematical symbol.
so… yeah. pretty clear it doesn’t matter to you since you speak authoritatively about it while being incorrect
It’s more along the lines of the comma is too weak for the pause. Likewise, there are places where the em dash is too strong for the pause.