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BEHOLD: THE MOST BASED OF THE PUNCTUATIONS, THE APOSTROPHE

>> No.14254337

>>14254297
I argue for the semicolon; considered the most nuanced of the punctuations.

>> No.14255700

my favorite is the em dash. incredibly versatile, typographically elegant.

>> No.14255703

>>14254337
You're not even using it right.

>> No.14255709

Myself, I prefer the dot.

>> No.14255712

>>14255709
You mean the full stop?

>> No.14255740

>>14254337
reddit

>> No.14255749

>>14254337
You're right, but that isn't how you use a semicolon.

>> No.14255756

>>14254297
The best punctuation is the period full stop.

>> No.14256231

>>14255703
>>14255749
using it conversationally to mimic speech is correct.

>> No.14256246

>>14254297
I dont use punctuation

>> No.14256256
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>>14255709
Nice.

>> No.14256263

>>14256231
retarded, you can use anything to "mimic speech" if all you mean is taking a breath. And a colon is by far the superior means of emulating that. Ironically enough, the cloacally obsessed Joyce used colons frequently.

>> No.14256283

>>14254337
I argue for the semicolon: considered the most nuanced of the punctuations.

>> No.14256290

>>14254337
/lit/

>> No.14256696

>>14255703
>>14255749
Wrong. "Considered the most nuanced of the punctuations" is a dependent clause. You might get away with a comma or a colon, but a semicolon covers all bases.
>>14256283
Colons don't replace the word 'because;' semicolons, however, often do.
>>14255756
If periods were truly effective, the phrase 'full stop' wouldn't even exist.
>>14256263
If a dependent clause follows an independent clause, and is related to the subject of the independent clause, a semicolon is the superior connector.

>> No.14256817

>>14256696
dude you are straight up wrong. "Proper" grammatical rules for semicolons are you only use them to join two independent clauses that are almost the exact same sentences. For example: "You do not sound smart; you sound like an idiot."

>> No.14257013
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14257013

I don't think many people got the joke, it resembles the bass clef

>> No.14257940

>>14256817
False. A semicolon facilitate a DEPENDENT clause. Two independent clauses are two discrete sentences.

>> No.14258300
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14258300

Step aside pseuds, for the most based of the based punctuations, the glorious em dash —

>> No.14258331

>>14257940
You can use a semicolon to interlink two closely related independent clauses.

>> No.14258341

>>14258331
Sure. That's a stylistic choice. But to suggest that that is the ONLY way they're used (such as >>14256817 suggests) is absurd.

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14258361

I FUCKING LOVE PUNCTUATION, /LIT/

>> No.14258415

>>14258300
>—
Based and dashpilled.