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> Also, how do you write (delineate, identify, etc) small, short sentences without periods? oh that's easy you just write one short sentence at a time like t
by jlokier 6y ago
> Also, how do you write (delineate, identify, etc) small, short sentences without periods?
oh that's easy
you just write one short sentence at a time
like this :-)
- Twisol 6y agoWorth noting that this carries a lot better in a medium like IRC or Slack, where the message framing implies an "end" in its own right. It looks a little strange in an HN comment, because they all come in the same single message.
- Jedd 6y agoAha - so you're using CR's to denote end of sentences rather than periods, which would be an interesting evolution for the (written) language. Grouping related thoughts / points as sentences within a single paragraph still feels more right to me than trying to over-succinctify potentially complex concepts into tiny paragraphs.
- bccdee 6y agoLanguage actually changes like this a lot, and it's really interesting ... Back a good 70 years ago, ellipses were commonly used for this in informal mediums such as postcards ... It leads to a very different-feeling messages ... Heard it on a podcast about how the internet has changed grammar [1] [1]: https://www.earwolf.com/episode/how-the-internet-is-transforming-language-with-gretchen-mcculloch/ https://www.earwolf.com/episode/how-the-internet-is-transfor...
- Aeolun 6y agoPlease never do this in Slack though. Unless all of your statements carry a different topic, that should be one message.