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fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷Shout out to the semi-colon. They'll show up to a sentence and be like—Let's extend this thought but also set some healthy boundaries.
Just a dude who's all about the vibes; what a legend.
I've never once been 100% certain that I used a semi-colon correctly. I’ve been 95% sure. I’ve been a coin-toss 50/50 fuck it-sure. But never bet my socks on it-definite.
Hello, my name is Jason and i’m a writer. Today I--
Hello, my name is Jason and i’m a writer. Today I--
Here's the other thing—semi-colons are making a come back, baby!
Millennials overused the aloof stylistic choice of no punctuation and all lowercase letters (grow up Sam Altman).
This new generation is going to punctuate so hard. They're gonna proper noun the fuck out of everything. We're gonna see carets and tildes & maybe some ampersands, too.
Nope. Scratch that. Millennials over used the ampersands with coffee shops and leather hat stores.
LordBobTX@fromjason The went all Cormac McCarthy
@bloftinsk8 dude by the way, the opening teaser to your podcast is really good. I'm invested.
b.loftin2@fromjason So that is a project my friend Greg is working on. He is converting an SF novel written by the creator of Traveller into a “radio drama” format. Yeah, that teaser is fantastic, right?
Steven Heywood@fromjason
Shout-out for the en-dash and ellipsis.
Shout-out for the en-dash and ellipsis.
sidereal@fromjason "I've never once been 100% certain that I used a semi-colon correctly; I've been 95% sure." would have been an amazing place to use a semi-colon.
@sidereal AHHHHHHHH
Anders Stenberg@sidereal @fromjason Is it really though? Feels wrong to me. :D
But idk. My teacher in high school said "just don't use them because the chance you're using it correctly is minimal and there's no harm in not using it".
@SonnyBonds omg this is the same advice my English teacher gave me! I think that might be why I'm so reckless with the semi-colon as an adult.
@SonnyBonds @fromjason Your English teacher did you a disservice; they’re not that hard to use correctly. A semi-colon is for connecting two clauses that could be their own sentences, but carry a related theme or idea.
It’s literally and conceptually just a period and a comma, together.
I think this is the kind of thing teachers say when they themselves don’t know the right answer.
This is an outrage. If this becomes my most popular toot, I'm kicking you all out. I can't live like this.
Steve GisselbrechtWhat can I say? I'm a semicolon fan.
SimonM@fromjason I saw it and I smiled. But now you say that, I'm retooting it.
Alys@fromjason
I'm following you because of it and you can't stop me! 😄
I'm following you because of it and you can't stop me! 😄
Zen Zero ☯️ ◯@fromjason @SRDas Many feel it’s overused; I don’t agree.
hwebb
thermonuclear small claims@fromjason Semi-colons are a conspiracy by Big English to sell you more Essay.
Смерть Окупантам@fromjason although I prefer whole colons
Martin Schröder 🇺🇳
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@fromjason
Best advice I ever read was "semi-colonic irrigation" when editing text.
Best advice I ever read was "semi-colonic irrigation" when editing text.
Chilly 
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@fromjason
Semicolons are bae
Semicolons are bae
HisVirusness@fromjason I'm also unsure if I've used it correctly. However, that hasn't stopped me a single time; the semicolon is a great device that I have a habit of using very liberally.
@HisVirusness ahh the verbal semi-colon. Yes I am familiar
WallOffTrump@fromjason
I love the semi-colon; I am not a Grammer nazi.
I love the semi-colon; I am not a Grammer nazi.
the roamerOur Lady Joan Mastodon spoke to her knights on matters of style.
A truly gallant toot, she said to them, awaits continuation by other toots. It does so just as the clause that ends in a semicolon invites completion by another clause: without dictating terms. Each of the clauses is free, their association is voluntary and unforced. There is no ruler in the sentence; the semicolon is a native federalist. Let each of your toots be the clause that ends in a semicolon. This is how we shall beat the Great Algo. In style.
#JoanMastodon #semicolon #StylisticGallantry #MastodonCulture
LetTheSkyRainPotatoes@fromjason The Lonely Island has a semicolon take. Language warning, just in case anyone would like a language warning.
