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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Sep 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Adam Sternbergh

    Semi-colons are the appendix of punctuation. Whatever evolutionary function they might have once served is gone.https://twitter.com/sternbergh/status/1301663052522192896 …

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    Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh
    ellipses can go straight to hell https://twitter.com/TheLincoln/status/1301655864609308674 …
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    • Mark Russell virginia brown Stephen Robinson amy yuè玥míng明 zhāng ian 2: REDEMPTION linda fletcher James Cusack Musharraf Ali Farooqi Abel Savard
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      2. Bobby Cosmo‏ @Bobsalltimehits 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I like them; and you should too.

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      3. Dave “Told Ya So” Goldenberg‏ @davegoldenberg 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @Bobsalltimehits @HeerJeet

        Nope. Not for joining a dependent clause. A comma would do, but it’s optional.

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      2. Adam Sternbergh‏ @sternbergh 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        why is this so wrong; yet it is

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      3. Razzball‏Verified account @Razzball 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @sternbergh @HeerJeet

        This bothers me; I don’t know why

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      1. Paul McNamara‏ @buzzblog 3 Sep 2020
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        Good take; now do who/whom.

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      1.  🇺🇦 the extended bill sallak cinematic universe‏ @billsallak 3 Sep 2020
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        Semi-colons are the appendix of punctuation; whatever evolutionary function they might have once served is gone; in this essay I will

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      1. Karthik Purushothaman  👽‏ @karthikpuru91 3 Sep 2020
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        A semicolon might have worked better in place of this tweet's first period

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      2. mspaint skull‏ @WordOfZac 3 Sep 2020
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        semi colons are essential for lists that contain lists

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      1.  🌻 Linette  🌻‏ @ohtiniestplanet 3 Sep 2020
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        Sometimes you want to apply the brakes just slightly

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