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Hey now, wait a minute. We can argue all day about kefir, kafir, and kaffir, but don't you impinge on the dignity of the semicolon just because the previous po
by technothrasher 4y ago
Hey now, wait a minute. We can argue all day about kefir, kafir, and kaffir, but don't you impinge on the dignity of the semicolon just because the previous poster used one incorrectly.
- jcahill 4y ago
- foldr 4y agoI don’t think it’s an incorrect use of the semicolon. Semicolons are out of fashion these days, but using a semicolon to join two related clauses is perfectly fine, as far as semicolon usage goes.
- cryptonector 4y agoThis.
- jcahill 4y agoepistemic crutch token
- aidenn0 4y agoA semicolon should link two independent clauses; using one to link a clause missing a verb to another clause is arguably incorrect.
- jhgb 4y agoCould you point out where do you see such wrong usage here?
- aidenn0 4y ago> Wrong root word;...
- jhgb 4y agoI don't see the wrong usage there, assuming that "Wrong root word. You're thinking of kaffir." would have been correct. Which it seems to be the case to me since both "Wrong root word." and "You're thinking of kaffir." seem to be correct sentences and juxtaposition is OK as well.
- bawolff 4y agoBut the verb in the second clause is not the elided verb in the first clause, so it is not linking in that fashion. The two clauses are independent of each other.
- aidenn0 4y agoIt's debatable, but they could be linked by [You're thinking of] wrong root word. I agree that if you think "Wrong root word. You're thinking of Kafir." is acceptable, so too would be the semicolon usage, which is why I said "arguably incorrect" rather than just "incorrect"
- bawolff 4y agoAt least for me, i read it as "[That is the] wrong root word; You're thinking of Kafir". Since in the first clause, it seems like the intention is to point to the previous comment that is the matter at hand, which was actually written not just thought about. However, other readings might be possible.
- kergonath 4y ago> because the previous poster used one incorrectly The previous poster’s usage of a semicolon in this instance was, in fact, correct.