Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not traditionally correct in German
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Meanwhile in English, the semicolon is dead -- long live the dash.
They serve different functions; each has different length - visually, verbally, and semantically.
Hyphen -
En Dash –
Em Dash —
- – —
Parkour civilization.
waoh,,,
I see that you prefer the Michigan comma. Xkcd 2995
i cannot believe how hard I've been read
That's a colon not a semicolon.
See an optometrist.
If the problem is with a colon, wouldn't a proctologist be a better choice?
I forgor which is which
The semicolon has a slight boner.
That points down?
Age is a bitch.
And a motherfucker
As long as it's an em dash (—) and not a hyphen (-) I'm OK with it. A double hyphen is acceptable but not ideal.