• Dharma Curious (he/him)
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    1229 days ago

    I’ve been using it pretty consistently for several years now. I think something about Lemmy attracts the type of people that use interrobangs, rather than Lemmy creating a culture of interrobang use.

      • BarqsHasBite
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        229 days ago

        I had an eloquent friend who used them in college. The advice he got from TAs (many were from overseas) was to not use them.

        • @[email protected]
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          129 days ago

          I got that advice as well – the explanation given to me was that it’s almost always used incorrectly, so just be safe and don’t. However, I like the way it makes writing more closely resemble natural speech; we usually talk in conjoined clauses rather than complete sentences.