Also....I did make a vow not to use ellipses and dashes. I just...broke it. I just cannot write smoothly without em as that's how they talk in my brain. I have been wanting to discuss this comic for soooo long now, and it has been driving me insane not doing so. I’m relieved. Also, I finally get it. It's the spacing inconsistencies that are my tell more so than just use. This makes sense, as I have only recently (5 years or so) written fic. Before that was solidly non-fiction and school writing which generally does not use ellipses and dashes at all. I have no idea what the conventional usage rules for spacing actually are. As a result, even though I teach GED and grammar, I don’t have a clue on best practice for spacing. Yes, I did go back and deliberately change some things to commas, but it was a half-hearted effort. If I had expected so many lovely comments, I surely would have used my other account and left some of my own on there ;)
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Date: 2020-06-20 04:27 pm (UTC)Also, I finally get it. It's the spacing inconsistencies that are my tell more so than just use. This makes sense, as I have only recently (5 years or so) written fic. Before that was solidly non-fiction and school writing which generally does not use ellipses and dashes at all. I have no idea what the conventional usage rules for spacing actually are. As a result, even though I teach GED and grammar, I don’t have a clue on best practice for spacing. Yes, I did go back and deliberately change some things to commas, but it was a half-hearted effort.
If I had expected so many lovely comments, I surely would have used my other account and left some of my own on there ;)