Imposter
posted December 13th, 2019 at 11:42 AM
I have a Bachelor's Degree in English; I still don't know how to use a semicolon.
posted December 13th, 2019 at 11:42 AM
Dan offers some advice on where she might find it.
You were sitting by yourself & you ordered a few Curry Fish Balls and a few deep-fried Spring...
11 Comments
Post a CommentBetter a semicolon...
Dec 13, 2019 at 11:57am
... than an impacted colon. Now that's English.
Trade secret
Dec 13, 2019 at 12:10pm
Good writing does not need semicolons. Reserve them exclusively for winky faces ;)
Same Boat
Dec 13, 2019 at 3:45pm
But I bet you know how to close-read a poem better than most of your co-workers. I know I can!
Not knowing
Dec 13, 2019 at 5:44pm
How to use a semicolon is like a surgeon not knowing how to use a stapler
Semicolon...
Dec 13, 2019 at 9:29pm
...is your friend. Don’t believe the naysayers.
Sure you do...
Dec 13, 2019 at 10:49pm
... you used it correctly in your post.
And using them for winkie faces is a sign of illiteracy; don't do that.
I was gonna say something sassy
Dec 13, 2019 at 11:58pm
About a colon but arrived too late. I took the long way home from work down by the river. Didn't think of jumping in once
thirteenpoints
Dec 14, 2019 at 5:30pm
Me; neither.
@same boat
Dec 14, 2019 at 5:58pm
I would never admit to that, but I like to think a poet lives in me somewhere.
English lit is not the same as studying grammar
Dec 14, 2019 at 6:37pm
Weird that even after you got an English degree you still equate “reading English lit and writing about English lit” with basic grammar. “I read Jane Austen/Shakespeare/other assorted stuff therefore I am a grammar expert”?
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