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There should be a semicolon punctuation for exclamation and question marks. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 3 months ago by HEXN3T to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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A difficult part of writing for me is when a single sentence--especially dialogue--contains two tones. It sounds best as a single sentence, but ending with a period, or alternative punctuation, looks wrong. As well as this, using two sentences also looks wrong.

I can't think of a great example right now, but I know I've wanted punctuation that doesn't exist before. I've had moments where it would have been so useful to have a ";!" and a ";?" mark.

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Italics

[-] HEXN3T 4 points 3 months ago

Have you tried handwriting italics? It's not fun.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

That's when you underline.

[-] HEXN3T 2 points 3 months ago

And if you're using software that doesn't support formatting?

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

You just said you were handwriting.

[-] HEXN3T 1 points 3 months ago

Emphasis isn't always possible with every utility, but a simple Unicode addition would work well for a variety of software, as well as be easy and readable on paper compared to underlines (especially if there're words below). It's also more accessible if you can't draw straight lines to save your life. Like me.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Switch from block letters to cursive, or vice versa. Or all capitals. Anything that shows a difference.

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