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Only if he clauses themselves have their own commas. You can see how this avoids confusion.
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Perhaps unsurprising but I never seriously call anyone doctor. Iām not sure I ever have in my whole life.
Thatās the best and easiest to understand explanation Iāve ever heard.
Yeah that makes sense. I actually use a single dash a lot when I want to separate clauses. It just looks better to me from doing 200k forum posts.
IE:
The big question from the overlander forums was whether or not to get a āhelperā - a local who wants something like $10 to help you navigate all the various windows, aduanas, forms, stamps and any other required bureaucratic foofery.
I try to keep it to no more than two single dashes per sentence. I donāt care if itās correct - it looks right to me.
I hate doubledash, probably because of Microsoft wasting so many of my programming hours with those and curly quotes. I still use them every now and then. Above might be a good case for one. I figure Iāll work that out on the 2nd and 3rd drafts.
Just get a copy of Strunk and White if youāre actually worried about any of this.
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Yeah I wasnāt suggesting one here. I was just talking in general about my non-standard use of single dash.
superfluous or just wrong?
My preferred method:
three things that will come to mind when he sees the Mercedes-Benz Superdome this weekend are:
- His first college game there
- Winning the National Championship with LSU
- Winning a high school championship at the dome
But Iām guessing that Twitter doesnāt have that functionality, so whatever makes it clear is fine with me.
Iād argue itās just plain wrong but I was being conciliatory.
I think punctuation is generally over-used, often by people who like to be seen as being grammar-aware.
What did you call your pediatrician when you were a kid?
What did you call your kidsā pediatrician when you were a parent?
These are both super standard āDoctorā situations. Not right or wrong. Itās just what people do.
i avoid calling them anything partly because I donāt want to call them doctor. Iāve probably referred to someone as doctor whatever to get connected to them on the phone.
Seems like a weird rule to adhere to so strictly. I wouldnāt have guess calling someone that would cause someone such distaste.
I saw NYT trending and I assumed it was more Maggie Haberman bullshit, but instead itās because the animals in Australia are even creepier than we previously knew:
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Tasmanian devil feeding frenzy.
I wouldnāt call it a rule. Iāve just never liked titles. Iāve been in court and never said āyour honorā either. I donāt even call people āsirā unless itās like part of friendly chatting.
Also itās really easy to essentially never address people like āhello Dr. Jones!ā
Is this only when they whirl around like a tornado, or can they glow while standing still as well?
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