• marcos@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Just use commas, my friend

    vs.

    Just use commas – my friend

    It doesn’t work very well.

    • TomasEkeli@programming.dev
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      10 hours ago

      dashes cannot always replace commas, but commas can replace dashes.

      thus - commas are more powerful

      thus, commas are more powerful

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        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.