You can replace "but" or "and" with the semicolon.
I could've used "but" here; I chose the semicolon instead.
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As a programmer I use it confidently a lot, just not outside of coding.
As someone who pretends to be a cider, same, except always in the context of "huh, red squilly underline here, time to find where I missed the fucking semicolon"
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I am a software developer;
I do not understand;
Just code in Python and cry.
I would definitely cry if I had to code in Python
Have you seen JavaScript? It's python but worse (but slightly more standard syntax (that is often optional))
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I do enough crying coding in JavaScript.
Silly. It's easy.
;-)
I like this alot.
I mean, who wouldn’t. It’s so cute and cuddly.
i think op forgot about proper separation, it should have been a;lot
Thank;s im never sure when to use them.
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console.log("Why not?");
assuming this is the most recent version of javascript, semicolons are optional now (and have been for more than a decade)
Syntatically optional, but morally mandatory
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Semicolons are awesome; They're easy to use when you know how.
Capitalization however
capitalization is not something i care for
sentence-final prepositions, however
you are not something for which i care
i am not someone friend
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I've used a semicolon; I've done it many times with confidence.
writers 🤝 programmers
So you never coded JavaScript ;)
Semi-colons are optional in JS (;
I never use semicolons; but when I do
Coward
Identify two adjacent sentences. Replace the period with a semicolon.
Identify two adjacent sentences; replace the period with a semicolon.
That's all it takes; there is more to them, but that's a valid use of the semicolon.
That's why they call it a semicolon; you're never more than half sure you're using it right.
The proper-ness of a particular semicolon depends on the confidence with which it is used. If you are confident, you cannot use it incorrectly; if you are not, you can never use it right.
Sometimes; I just sprinkle in; a bunch of random semicolons confidently to see i;f anybody else is is confident enough; in their understanding of proper semi;colon usage to call me out
I can confidently say that this guy is full of shit.
I'm a fan of the emdash over the semicolon
Found the LLM.
Yeah same... But apparently that makes us LLMs now. Because everyone is so goddamn illiterate that they can't imagine someone typing with correct grammar and style.
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TL;DR: ;)
Would the sentence still make sense if it were a period? Then you used it right.
Programmers do not share this weakness; semicolons are common in most programming languages.
Sometimes I'm pretty sure I could/should use a semicolon somewhere, but then decide against it anyways, because I feel like it'd look pretentious. 🫠
I have;
Ah, the fancy comma. I'm not a fan.
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