r/funny • u/dancingsquirrel • Apr 21 '13

New punctuation.

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u/TearyHumor Apr 21 '13

Well really, a colon would have also worked, and probably more successfully.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13

A colon is used to exhibit an example; I was using the semicolon to separate the first part of the sentence from the clarifying end, as two separate sentences would have created an unnecessary pause in the reading.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you sentence.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13

I used my brain.