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  1. Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".

    This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.

    #punctuation #hyphens #writing #StyleGuide #language #orthography

  2. Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".

    This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.

    #punctuation #hyphens #writing #StyleGuide #language #orthography

  3. Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".

    This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.

    #punctuation #hyphens #writing #StyleGuide #language #orthography

  4. Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".

    This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.

    #punctuation #hyphens #writing #StyleGuide #language #orthography

  5. Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".

    This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.

    #punctuation #hyphens #writing #StyleGuide #language #orthography

  6. Working on a sort of (very very) simple #SolarSystem #Civ type game. Just in #linux #terminal for now, because much easier for me. Learning a lot about #python and the importance of indentation.

    Makes me want to create a #programming language that uses #EmDashes, #EnDashes, and #hyphens. Just because.

    - function
    – blah
    — blah blah

    Planets revolve around the sun, ships travel between planets. basic resource use and collection.

    Full disclosure: #Google #Gemini is tutoring me.

  7. Working on a sort of (very very) simple #SolarSystem #Civ type game. Just in #linux #terminal for now, because much easier for me. Learning a lot about #python and the importance of indentation.

    Makes me want to create a #programming language that uses #EmDashes, #EnDashes, and #hyphens. Just because.

    - function
    – blah
    — blah blah

    Planets revolve around the sun, ships travel between planets. basic resource use and collection.

    Full disclosure: #Google #Gemini is tutoring me.

  8. Working on a sort of (very very) simple #SolarSystem #Civ type game. Just in #linux #terminal for now, because much easier for me. Learning a lot about #python and the importance of indentation.

    Makes me want to create a #programming language that uses #EmDashes, #EnDashes, and #hyphens. Just because.

    - function
    – blah
    — blah blah

    Planets revolve around the sun, ships travel between planets. basic resource use and collection.

    Full disclosure: #Google #Gemini is tutoring me.

  9. Working on a sort of (very very) simple #SolarSystem #Civ type game. Just in #linux #terminal for now, because much easier for me. Learning a lot about #python and the importance of indentation.

    Makes me want to create a #programming language that uses #EmDashes, #EnDashes, and #hyphens. Just because.

    - function
    – blah
    — blah blah

    Planets revolve around the sun, ships travel between planets. basic resource use and collection.

    Full disclosure: #Google #Gemini is tutoring me.

  10. Working on a sort of (very very) simple #SolarSystem #Civ type game. Just in #linux #terminal for now, because much easier for me. Learning a lot about #python and the importance of indentation.

    Makes me want to create a #programming language that uses #EmDashes, #EnDashes, and #hyphens. Just because.

    - function
    – blah
    — blah blah

    Planets revolve around the sun, ships travel between planets. basic resource use and collection.

    Full disclosure: #Google #Gemini is tutoring me.

  11. Speaking of dread, the weirdest line break I've seen in a while, and in a linguistics book: "min-dreading"

    #hyphens #dread #typesetting #words #reading

  12. Speaking of dread, the weirdest line break I've seen in a while, and in a linguistics book: "min-dreading"

    #hyphens #dread #typesetting #words #reading

  13. Speaking of dread, the weirdest line break I've seen in a while, and in a linguistics book: "min-dreading"

    #hyphens #dread #typesetting #words #reading

  14. Speaking of dread, the weirdest line break I've seen in a while, and in a linguistics book: "min-dreading"

    #hyphens #dread #typesetting #words #reading

  15. Speaking of dread, the weirdest line break I've seen in a while, and in a linguistics book: "min-dreading"

    #hyphens #dread #typesetting #words #reading

  16. Reading a book that keeps referring to "anti-social housing policy". That is not the same thing as "anti-social-housing policy"

    Writers: multiple hyphenation is your friend

    #writing #editing #punctuation #hyphens #ambiguity

  17. Reading a book that keeps referring to "anti-social housing policy". That is not the same thing as "anti-social-housing policy"

    Writers: multiple hyphenation is your friend

    #writing #editing #punctuation #hyphens #ambiguity

  18. Reading a book that keeps referring to "anti-social housing policy". That is not the same thing as "anti-social-housing policy"

    Writers: multiple hyphenation is your friend

    #writing #editing #punctuation #hyphens #ambiguity

  19. Reading a book that keeps referring to "anti-social housing policy". That is not the same thing as "anti-social-housing policy"

    Writers: multiple hyphenation is your friend

    #writing #editing #punctuation #hyphens #ambiguity

  20. Reading a book that keeps referring to "anti-social housing policy". That is not the same thing as "anti-social-housing policy"

    Writers: multiple hyphenation is your friend

    #writing #editing #punctuation #hyphens #ambiguity