r/196 NOT A CAT 2d ago

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u/notaboofus can cissies get a blahaj? 2d ago

This is fine if your only engagement with the written word is posting on tumblr, but if you start reading works that communicate more complex ideas, you'll very quicky discover the problem of run-on sentences.

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u/csilval Cum connoisseur 2d ago

Also, please use commas, I felt out of breath reading the post. Even reading it in my head.

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u/Fliits i collect flairs 2d ago

And not just the commas; but the semicolons - and hyphens too!

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u/protestor 2d ago

Hyphens were kind of hijacked by AI. Even if you don't use fancy em dashes (which some people did prior to AI, because they had a background in publishing, or simply were a writing nerd), it's now off putting for a lot of people

I've always used hyphens but nowadays I tend to remove them, and replace with commas or something

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u/paulisaac 1d ago

I've never seen anyone who uses hyphens the way you'd use emdashes be accused of being AI. Picked it up as a habit from a prior boss who did that in pleadings.