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Except, I didn't write I hadn't seen them. "I've never seen them in business or personal writing". We can discuss that I chose the word "seen", when I meant "n
by IncRnd 4y ago
Except, I didn't write I hadn't seen them. "I've never seen them in business or personal writing".
We can discuss that I chose the word "seen", when I meant "noticed", but there is no doubt that I didn't write what you intimated. I have seen the dashes in formal writing and in newspapers.
A too-hurried reading is worse than not reading at all.
- avgcorrection 4y agoOh. So “business” does not encompass “professional writing”. Good to know. And also not “formal writing”. And presumably no copy-pasted message from Word or whatever other app inserts “smart”-whatever automatically. And also not any regular old business website. (Did you think newspapers were the only ones? Just because those were the examples?) Even for personal writing: some people even take the time to insert bullet points, so “proper” punctuation is easy for them. You’re a fine one to complain about pedantry. (I guess yours is a just-right level of (cover your ass) pedantry.)
- IncRnd 4y agoI was pointing out that I don't see them in my day to day activities. You've added exactly nothing to this discussion, just written a personal attack founded on misunderstanding and make-believe.