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lil  ·  3658 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Write Better Dammit!: Comma Coma #3: Commas and the Three Bears

One does not want to overuse anything, not commas, not dashes when used instead of commas, and, especially not, that delicate flower of punctuation: the semi-colon.

I often have students who over-parenthesize when a comma or dash will do. I see that as a much more egregious offence than over-dashing.

I can see the overuse discussion being part of the three bears series (in due course).

Hey 8bit, I was catching up on your gaming blogs earlier tonight. Do you take on a particular voice or style in those blogs?