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22309585 No.22309585 [Reply] [Original]

A good author would never use a, "/,", "--," or, "(," and, ")." All thought can be conveyed with, ",,", ".,", and, "
,". Prose written naturally as if to be orated is superior to that which follows the piper of excessive symbols.

>> No.22309587

>>22309585
For sale -- baby shoes (never worn).

>> No.22309599

>>22309585
For sale: McCarthy’s typewriter’s ; key. Never used.

>> No.22309681

>>22309585
>or, "(," and, ")."
Are you saying Proust is a bad writer?

>> No.22309753

What is it about punctuation other than periods, excalamtion marks, and question marks that causes midwits to go mad as if confronted with eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension?

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>>22309585
sieg heil

>> No.22309844

>>22309585
>",,", ".,"
the fuck

>> No.22309846

>>22309753
It's the midwits who use old and unnecessary punctuation to show off

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>>22309681
Fuck that french faggot

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>>22309844
You missed my putting the linebreak in quotation marks as well.

>> No.22311209

>>22309585
>or, "(" and ")"
Are you saying Nabby is a bad writer?

>> No.22311820

>Prose written naturally as if to be orated
Why do you present this as if it's a contrast with writing that uses dashes and brackets? Surely those symbols help communicate the sorts of asides, breaks and pauses that in speech is communicated with rhythm and intonation?

And also, even if they did add something not present in speech, what's the problem buddy? We're reading books here.

>> No.22311918

>>22311820
They are excess symbols. Everything can be done as needed with commas, periods, quotation marks, and line breaks.
Bloated punctuation use is in poor aesthetic taste.

>> No.22312350

Fuck off corncob punctuation is fun

>> No.22313002

>>22309585
I will never relinquish my emdash and colon. I want to name my kids Emdash and Colon. Or maybe come home after a long day at the office a nice glass of Emdash and Colon on the rocks.

>> No.22314260

>>22309846
>to show off
you are the midwit

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*ahem*

>> No.22315445

>>22314404
Literally gay, proving my point.

>> No.22315474

>>22309846
>I don't see it in the fanfics I read
>it must be antiquated
please read an actual book

>> No.22315541

>>22309585
>"/,", "--," or, "(," and, ")."
Those represent the verbal cues we naturally use when speaking, as do all punctuation marks. When writing we use them for the secondary purpose of structuring idea in a way more developed than when speaking. This is one of the many problems caused by prescription, the idea that punctuation is written and not verbal. Punctuation absolutely makes written language more natural if you put in the time to actually understand them beyond prescription. We can hear quotation marks, we generally know when someone is giving a quote even if they do not state that it is a quote because of the verbal cues we all give.

>> No.22315614

>>22311918
>Bloated punctuation use is in poor aesthetic taste.
let me translate that for (you):
>I DON'T LIKE IT
>*autistic hand flapping*
>*autistic screeching*
>*shitting and pissing*

>> No.22315933

>>22315614
Learn to write a real rebuttal, faggot.