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Typo dont' -> don't
by ape4 2y ago
Typo dont' -> don't
- revskill 2y agoActually i prefer the dont', easy to comprehend and spell.
- azangru 2y agoWouldn't dont be even easier?
- nequo 2y agoAs an acceptable compromise we can separate all punctuation and put it at the end of the paragraph Although some oldfashioned enthusiasts of the Chicago Manual of Style will object But I think its good to bring some fresh ideas to our old and worn orthographyevery now and again,.-…’—.
- shdon 2y agoOr write an entire book without them, then publish a second edition with an appendix of just punctuation marks, for the reader to place wherever they feel is appropriate. Oh wait... Timothy Dexter already did that... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pickle_for_the_Knowing_Ones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pickle_for_the_Knowing_Ones
- HeckFeck 2y agoFinally, RPN but for natural language!
- jeffhuys 2y agoWow. Every single day I’m still amazed by people.
- lewisflude 2y agoGenuinely interested, if the ' represents skipped letters, how does this read to you? As an aside, if you have the sentence "This is Lewis' reply to the parent comment" the ' at the end of Lewis is used to avoid Lewis's with the extra s at the end.