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Language is different; the tone changes when you change any word or even just punctuation. Language doesn't work that way -- moving the placement of even a c
by panda-giddiness 1mo ago
Language is different; the tone changes when you change any word or even just punctuation.
Language doesn't work that way -- moving the placement of even a comma will affect its tone.
However, language isn't like that: even if you only drop a single piece of punctuation, that can impact the overall meaning of a sentence.
There are many ways of phrasing things that are, for all practical purposes, functionally equivalent.
- Razengan 1mo agoI know what you're trying to say, but you also gotta see that you just PROVED what I said: All these different ways ARE of subjectively different "quality"! Hell these days even using a fucking em — dash will get people to pitchfork your ass! Even a semicolon looks prissy
- panda-giddiness 1mo agoEh, agree to disagree. Any of the alternative formulations wouldn't have changed your comment substantially.