ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareNicht BurningTurtle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 day agoI would love a combination of “?” and “,”. This would allow me to mark a specific part of a sentence as a question.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·23 hours agoI’ve done this before. Example I was going somewhere yesterday, the bank?, when I saw… It’s also fun to interject bangs into sentences too I was so convinced that I was going to die!, but I ended up just fine. Ultimately, I feel that if language is descriptive and not ambiguous it is legitimate English.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·1 day agoA sentence which embeds a question is a run-on sentence.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·1 day agoWe speak in run-on sentences.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 hours agoAs someone with ADHD you have no idea how correct you are.
minus-squareALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoIf I understand @xmunk@sh.itjust.works’s comment elsewhere in this thread properly, I think that’s what a pause interrogative may be. I also agree with them that it (and the interrogative start) does better fit some ways of speaking.
minus-squarepipe01@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoSpanish has ¿ and ?, not sure if that’s what you mean
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoEither the whole thing is a question or you need to break it up. I’m curious if you can convince me otherwise though!
minus-squareFackCurs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day ago“Maybe we can meetup tomorrow? And I’d love to know what you want to do.” Can be split up into two sentences but sometimes, when spoken, is said as a continuous sentence.
I would love a combination of “?” and “,”. This would allow me to mark a specific part of a sentence as a question.
I’ve done this before. Example
It’s also fun to interject bangs into sentences too
Ultimately, I feel that if language is descriptive and not ambiguous it is legitimate English.
A sentence which embeds a question is a run-on sentence.
We speak in run-on sentences.
You’re a run-on sentence!
As someone with ADHD you have no idea how correct you are.
If I understand @xmunk@sh.itjust.works’s comment elsewhere in this thread properly, I think that’s what a pause interrogative may be. I also agree with them that it (and the interrogative start) does better fit some ways of speaking.
Spanish has ¿ and ?, not sure if that’s what you mean
Either the whole thing is a question or you need to break it up.
I’m curious if you can convince me otherwise though!
“Maybe we can meetup tomorrow? And I’d love to know what you want to do.”
Can be split up into two sentences but sometimes, when spoken, is said as a continuous sentence.