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What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? (leminal.space)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While I like the concept, I can't help but prefer '!?' or '?!'. There's more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but you aren't proper if you're using more than one piece of punctuation at the end of your sentence. Them's the rules.

Unless...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Eh the context determines the need for proper grammar. Throwaway comments on Lemmy- fuck the grammar