I emailed IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) earlier today to ask about the new content on example.com. To my surprise, their VP replied. Here is the email: I am happy to try and answer any questions you have. The changes we make to the site from time-to-time are usually informed by a desire to either reduce the overall bandwidth demands of serving the site, or improve its utility. At its heart it is a placeholder...
It should be a semicolon, the clauses are independent. A lot of people make this mistake, that doesn’t make it right. One of my teachers said “if you can replace it with a period, it should be a semicolon”, she was a great teacher. I hope these are clearly examples of what not to do, I know sometimes irony doesn’t come across on the internet.
It should be a semicolon, the clauses are independent. A lot of people make this mistake, that doesn’t make it right. One of my teachers said “if you can replace it with a period, it should be a semicolon”, she was a great teacher. I hope these are clearly examples of what not to do, I know sometimes irony doesn’t come across on the internet.
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*It should be a semicolon; the clauses are independent.
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watches the joke soar high over your head (check out every sentence in their reply)
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oh, I’m dumb
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It’s always safest to do this consciously when correcting writing, to work around https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry’s_law
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I; for one; appreciated the joke-
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