Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1355arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square305fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremoonlight@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up37·3 months agoWhile I like the concept, I can’t help but prefer ‘!?’ or ‘?!’. There’s more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoYeah, but you aren’t proper if you’re using more than one piece of punctuation at the end of your sentence. Them’s the rules. Unless…
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoEh the context determines the need for proper grammar. Throwaway comments on Lemmy- fuck the grammar
While I like the concept, I can’t help but prefer ‘!?’ or ‘?!’. There’s more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
Yeah, but you aren’t proper if you’re using more than one piece of punctuation at the end of your sentence. Them’s the rules.
Unless…
Eh the context determines the need for proper grammar. Throwaway comments on Lemmy- fuck the grammar