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user-inactivated  ·  3673 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Write Better Dammit!: Comma Coma #3: Commas and the Three Bears

Lil do one on the over usage of the emdash.

Every essay I have to edit has an overabundance of these. I admit that I'm a fan of them as well — but they can be used way too often.

Yes, that was on purpose.





lil  ·  3673 days ago  ·  link  ·  

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?

user-inactivated  ·  3673 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hmm. I suppose. I think I assume you already have some knowledge about vidjagames in general, and I try to write on things that haven't been considered before. I don't really know how to do blogs, though - sometimes I treat it as a sort of game-journal, sometimes as a panel to ask questions, or to connect my experiences with games to experiences with other things, like traveling, or school.

I think when the year starts I want to try some sort of weekly or biweekly feature. But I don't want to turn the blog into a job, either, haha.

edit: so many commas I'm sorryyyy