irelephant [he/him] to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 7 days agoFox news trying to explain github.programming.devimagemessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1988arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@dave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish35•7 days agoI’m almost more irritated by the use of two hyphens instead of a colon after the first definition. They just didn’t give a shit really.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]OPlinkfedilink3•7 days agoI’m sure they could have afforded an em dash.
minus-square@tomenzgg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 days agoWell, – you see – a colon can never follow quotation marks, in traditional typography: only ever two hyphens~
I’m almost more irritated by the use of two hyphens instead of a colon after the first definition. They just didn’t give a shit really.
I’m sure they could have afforded an em dash.
Well, – you see – a colon can never follow quotation marks, in traditional typography: only ever two hyphens~