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minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoem dashes are typographical faffery and have always been (in my opinion) a marker of writers who take themselves, and the surface level of their style, far too serious. just use commas, my friend
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoem dashes, en dashes, and commas have different meanings and uses
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoJust use commas, my friend vs. Just use commas – my friend It doesn’t work very well.
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 hours agodashes cannot always replace commas, but commas can replace dashes. thus - commas are more powerful thus, commas are more powerful
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoAmusingly enough, one use case for em dashes is a pause where a comma would be too weak — refuting your assertion. Also, you used a hyphen.
em dashes are typographical faffery and have always been (in my opinion) a marker of writers who take themselves, and the surface level of their style, far too serious.
just use commas, my friend
em dashes, en dashes, and commas have different meanings and uses
Just use commas, my friend
vs.
Just use commas – my friend
It doesn’t work very well.
dashes cannot always replace commas, but commas can replace dashes.
thus - commas are more powerful
thus, commas are more powerful
Amusingly enough, one use case for em dashes is a pause where a comma would be too weak — refuting your assertion.
Also, you used a hyphen.