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minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agodashes cannot always replace commas, but commas can replace dashes. thus - commas are more powerful thus, commas are more powerful
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoAmusingly enough, one use case for em dashes is a pause where a comma would be too weak — refuting your assertion. Also, you used a hyphen.
dashes cannot always replace commas, but commas can replace dashes.
thus - commas are more powerful
thus, commas are more powerful
Amusingly enough, one use case for em dashes is a pause where a comma would be too weak — refuting your assertion.
Also, you used a hyphen.