fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agopee was stored in the ballslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1290arrow-down1imagepee was stored in the ballslemmy.dbzer0.comfossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2473713-the-anus-may-have-evolved-from-a-hole-originally-used-to-release-sperm/
minus-squareThat Annoying Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·4 days agowhy the random, comma?
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoA comma can be used to improve readability, but it can also indicate a pause while talking. I feel a pause after “and that” is as common as no pause. That said, I cannot know if that was the poster’s intent; it’s only my interpretation of the usage.
minus-squareWhatSay@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·4 days agoIt wasn’t random, it was intentional 🙃
why the random, comma?
A comma can be used to improve readability, but it can also indicate a pause while talking. I feel a pause after “and that” is as common as no pause. That said, I cannot know if that was the poster’s intent; it’s only my interpretation of the usage.
It wasn’t random, it was intentional 🙃