• Psythik@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Occasionally replace the parenthesis with a semicolon – or dashes – and you can get away with it more often.

    • Ulvain@sh.itjust.works
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      The thing is - and I say that from experience (being somewhat on the ADHD spectrum myself) - that there are no limits to how many of these you can use; or at least that's how it feels to me (sorry!).

    • Classy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I am guilty of overusing em dashes — I just think they're aesthetically pleasing, even if they're often unnecessary.

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      i do this; i just have so much to say, and there are only so many conjugations and commas you can get away with – without it becoming a run-on sentence (i may have a run-on mind).