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Articles like this help me relax a little. My programmer brain wants punctuation to be held to some absolute standard, with immutable rules. The rest of me need
by pacaro 11y ago
Articles like this help me relax a little. My programmer brain wants punctuation to be held to some absolute standard, with immutable rules. The rest of me needs the encouragement to chill out about it.
- EliRivers 11y agoI applaud and welcome the freestylers who know the rules (as far as they exist) and choose to be playful with the written form to enhance meaning and communication. I decry those who just don't know yet respond to critique with claims about how language is a living thing and what's "correct" changes all the time. Sadly, the two can look identical on the page :(
- shrikant 11y agoI strongly agree with this. I've heard a few people put it this way: Pablo Picasso knew how to draw a normal person, before he decided to put eyes on the same side of their heads.