You have a point . and another point . and a third point . no wait it is an ellipse ... no 3 exclamation marks !!! no 3 commas ,,, oh dash it – and double dash it — now the exclamation mark is twisted ? and the comma has a point ; now two points are lined up : and the commas are acting funny " I need a nap.
And now we've come full circle from early pictograms to modern emojis. The loop is complete and punctuation is no longer necessary!
Can we keep the spaces between words, at least? I'm kind of fondofthose.
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Could be wrong...but I feel like if I do it...then it's de facto correct...
Honestly, this is how language evolves, and I both love and hate it...
And in a “Back to the Future” move we have emojis!
Who decided there is now only one space after a period not two? that shook me
I think the internet decided, and this also shook me. I think it took me about five years to actually get that one down.
You have a point . and another point . and a third point . no wait it is an ellipse ... no 3 exclamation marks !!! no 3 commas ,,, oh dash it – and double dash it — now the exclamation mark is twisted ? and the comma has a point ; now two points are lined up : and the commas are acting funny " I need a nap.
Grammar is exhausting!
And so is typing comments about punctuation! Zzzzzzzz!
"...Aristophanes introduced the idea of putting little dots in between words, so it was obvious where to pause when speaking...."
He was the ancient playwright who virtually invented modern comedy- the pauses were to let the implications of his jokes set in....
That's what I call adding value to the discussion! Very cool.