Veedem@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGives it away every timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI believe an em dash is a legitimate, albeit not common outside of written works, grammatical thingamadoo.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoToo bad we only accept grammatical thingamajigs and thingamabobs as non-AI
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI think thingamawhosits are allowed also?
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThey’re quite common if you use iOS. The autocorrect changes 2 regular -‘s into one — em dash.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoDifferent length dashes serve different grammatical purposes, so you can assume they didn’t just use one dash because they intended to use two. Funnily enough, the “dash” people use most often isn’t even technically called a dash, it’s a hyphen.
Why not just use one dash…?
I believe an em dash is a legitimate, albeit not common outside of written works, grammatical thingamadoo.
Too bad we only accept grammatical thingamajigs and thingamabobs as non-AI
I think thingamawhosits are allowed also?
They’re quite common if you use iOS. The autocorrect changes 2 regular -‘s into one — em dash.
Different length dashes serve different grammatical purposes, so you can assume they didn’t just use one dash because they intended to use two.
Funnily enough, the “dash” people use most often isn’t even technically called a dash, it’s a hyphen.