> It's read the same whether there's an ellipsis, semicolon, hyphen, or whatever. So why do you think we have all of those different punctuation marks instead

> It's read the same whether there's an ellipsis, semicolon, hyphen, or whatever. So why do you think we have all of those different punctuation marks instead of just one? I understood what was meant by reading carefully and guessing. If you punctuate more ‘correctly’ (and I’m aware that’s a controversial and triggering suggestion for some), readers don’t have to be careful or guess what you mean — it just flows. You may think this stuff is surprising because you’ve never noticed it before, but if you look you’ll find that it matters to editors everywhere. If this were to be published, it’d be corrected immediately.