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I tend to over use semicolons; they help convey my fractured way of thinking.
by Jaruzel 8y ago
I tend to over use semicolons; they help convey my fractured way of thinking.
- runesoerensen 8y agoWhat’s fractured about “I use X because it helps me do Y” though? The semicolon didn’t convey that efficiently to me, but it did make the overuse point :)
- stochastic_monk 8y agoI would have used a full colon between those two sentences; no more half measures.
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- ummonk 8y agoThe semicolon fractured what should have been a single thought.
- auxbuss 8y agoIf you are writing with precision in mind then, "I tend to over use (sic) semicolons because they help convey my fractured way of thinking." will suffice. If you are writing dialogue, then what you wrote is fine. (You can write pretty much whatever you like in dialogue.) The point is that writing is generally use to express something to the reader, so use whatever tools you have to accomplish that goal.