CERESUltra

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Words are my favorite stim toy


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I definitely need you to sell me on them, then, because there has never been a case where a semicolon was a vast improvement over rewriting the passage to eliminate the need for one in a first place. In the end it is really a matter of preference, but if I rarely—if ever, even—use them, and I put to you it would take contrivance to include them in my work. What, may I ask, is so appealing about them? Educate me! Show me I am missing something, and surely I may have some mercy for this wayward symbol.


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in reply to @zandravandra's post:

Comma and I formed a polycule with Semicolon and Em Dash. Comma and I have been together for a long time, and don't get me wrong, things are great but have gotten a little routine. We've both always been attracted to Em Dash—I mean who wouldn't be—so that was a no brainer. We brought Semicolon in because you can tell just by looking at them they're into some crazy shit; crazy in a good way.

I'd fuck semicolons; semicolons are one of those things I can never commit to using. I would marry em dashes — I memorized their alt code and can't use a keyboard without a NumPad now. Oh, and I'll kill commas.