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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

just swap them out with semicolons; no one knows how they're supposed to work anyway

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Semicolons should separate related ideas; they should work as independent sentences though.

Em dashes--contrary to how most people use them--are for asides or supplementary information. I also see them used to show a conclusion--a direct response to a prior statement that doesn't seem appropriate to put in a new sentence.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Best choice is to switch out the em dashes for parentheses ( even where that doesn't make any sense.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

yeah, emoji or em dashes will get you hanged around these parts :)

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Punctuation: gotta love it.

Thank goodness I was raised where etc. I was; feel like I have a handle on it.

But who knows—maybe I’m imperfect with them!

(howdid I doozie here^ pls)

Edit: Okay, just read it—your comment, I mean—and I used v2 of your em dash, so here’s v1 :)

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

I sometimes use semicolons when I realise I have been using too many commas and I don't feel like breaking up into multiple sentences. So, kinda like a bigger comma.
I understand that makes it wrong, though.