58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was lookingmessage-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-squareIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoThe audience can’t seem to differentiate commas from; well, every other punctuating mark. What are you hoping to achieve, here?
The audience can’t seem to differentiate commas from; well, every other punctuating mark. What are you hoping to achieve, here?
Why did you punctuate like this?