• Victor@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with that structure. I don’t think it’s common in all Englishes

    I am, but it’s grammatically insufficient. Idiomatically/colloquially/slang wise, it’s fine. I understood enough to know what they mean, obviously.

    That’s pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes;

    Of course it’s pedantic. I’m going out of my way to be pedantic to show this grammar snob what it feels like to throw the first stone.

    if they’re typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type

    Skill issue. If they care enough, it’s easy to find out how. 🤷‍♂️ I use them all the time.

    Thanks for joining the fun!