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>low tier
comma
exclamation mark

>reddit tier
interrobang
semicolon
brackets
any punctuation used primarily for programming or mathematics

>okay tier
en dash
parentheses
quotation marks
apostrophe
hyphen

>high tier
period
ampersand
hyphen when used to join compound word

>elite tier
em dash (not two hyphens, and no spaces)
ellipsis
question mark

>god tier
comma immediately followed by an em dash
exclamation mark immediately followed by an em dash

>> No.11421318

>pleb tier
punctuation

>> No.11421327

dafuq is the difference between hyphen and dash?

>> No.11421343

>>11421327
Hyphens are used to create compound words, whereas dashes isolate statements and appositions in a sentence.

>> No.11421361

>>11421343
kinda unnecessary, don't you agree?

>> No.11421366

>>11421361
no

>> No.11421371

>>11421361
No. They serve a different function to colons and semi-colons

>> No.11421376

No punctuation at all is patrician

>> No.11421391
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>>11421376

>> No.11421463

got any quotes where there's an exclamation mark followed by dash? I've never seen it I don't think

>> No.11421475

>>11421304
This: "¿" but it's only used in Spanish hahahhahahshahsha you'll never get to use it.

>> No.11421480

>>11421376
The Cormac way

>> No.11421497

>>11421475
Or, better yet, "•", but it's only used in Catalan.

>> No.11421501

>>11421475
Or, better yet, "·", but it's only used in Catalan.

>> No.11421503

>>11421304
The comma and the dash are the most underrated imo.

>> No.11421506

for me, its the full stop

>> No.11421508

exclamation semicolon and question semicolon
too bad they don't appear on keyboard because I use them a lot.

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>exclamation mark immediately followed by an em dash
mfw I have 7 of these in my novel

>> No.11421524

>>11421376
based Jon Fosse

>> No.11421527

>>11421376
What does he mean by this

>> No.11421530

i'm more of the semicolon advocate; it gives it that disjointed, fragmented style; like reading someone's thoughts with a stop in the fluidity; a pause; (please see the ENGLISH MAJORS ONLY thread for examples; although do not post if not majoring in english; prithee)

>> No.11421536

>>11421501
What's its purpose?

>> No.11421669

>>11421536
It separates Ls that belong to different syllables. Ls written on either side of a flying point are pronunced differently from double Ls.
>paral·lel
>col·lecció

>> No.11421676

>>reddit tier
>interrobang
>semicolon
>brackets
>any punctuation used primarily for programming or mathematics

LMAO this is accurate

>> No.11421765

>>11421318
this

>> No.11421783

>>11421304
>God tier: the meme arrow

>> No.11421804

((()))

>> No.11421962

Gänsefußchenherrenrassenfadenmeldung!

>> No.11421974

semicolon belongs in "okay but overused and abused" tier

>> No.11421982

Gänsefüßchenherrenrassenfadenmeldung!

>> No.11422398

I've gone through many phases, the longest perhaps being my dash-phase, but truly: The one that stuck with me is the colon.

>> No.11422410

>elite tier
question mark
really?

>> No.11422616

>>11421304
>tao tier
space

>dog shit tier
double space

>> No.11422623

>>11421304
>ellipsis
>elite tier
Found a woman.

>> No.11422672

>>11421304
>ascended and Parnassus-favoured tier
period
comma

>titan tier
dash for Joyce-style direct speech
apostrophe
question mark

>Jupiter in retrograde tier
quotation mark
exclamation mark

>crepuscular tier
semicolon
colon

>midnight of the soul tier
all brackets
ellipsis