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I think of semicolons as a sort of silent conjunction. Thus I read TFA's title as something like "Semicolons bring the drama, and that's why I love them". Tha
by cryptonector 1y ago
I think of semicolons as a sort of silent conjunction. Thus I read TFA's title as something like "Semicolons bring the drama, and that's why I love them".
That silent conjunction is joyful; that's why I use it.
- jader201 1y agoI actually prefer the (grammatically incorrect) sentence-starting “And”. Sentence-starting “And”s bring the drama. And that’s why I love them. Or even better: Sentence-starting “And”s with line breaks bring even more drama. And that’s why I love them. Yeah, all kinds of rule breaking with this (pluralized quote word). But that’s how I like to write.
- snickerer 1y agoI love the use of And. And I adore the semicolons; both go well together.
- veqq 1y ago> grammatically incorrect And he said to them, starting sentences with and is fine and normal. Haven't you read e.g. the bible where it occurs constantly? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/and#Usage_notes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/and#Usage_notes Further, sentence (or clause) initial "and" can means if/as though, also existing in other Germanic languages: > wir werden siegen, und wenn wir sterben müssen
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> Further, sentence (or clause) initial "and" can means if/as though, also existing in other Germanic languages Does this exist in English? An can mean "if" - not in the modern language, that's not a possibility at all, but in archaic texts - and this an does apparently derive from the word and, but I've never seen and itself used that way.
- ragtagtag 1y agoToo much drama; too much!
- waffletower 1y agoI use them; yet I don't feel the drama.