top | item 47154834 (no title) mroche | 5 days ago > super-commaThis is the first time I've ever heard the character ";" referred to as such. It's always been "semi-colon" to me, is this a region/culture difference?I'm not saying you're wrong, I find it interesting. discuss order hn newest xdennis|5 days ago > super-commaI would have assumed it's a synonym for apostrophe. super-comma <-> upper-comma, with super meaning upper, like in superscript. basch|5 days ago I think of it as supersedes the comma in the order of operations. You work inward, or outward (depending which way you read the list.) chasd00|5 days ago no it's always been semicolon, the "super-comma" comes from describing how to use it. "It's similar to a comma but like a super comma." jjgreen|5 days ago Huh? I've always understood that the clause after the semicolon is peripheral; the meaning of the whole sentence does not change without it. load replies (1) basch|5 days ago same character, used differently?i call it a super comma when its separating a list with commas within the sets.so if i am listing colors like green, blue, red; foods like apple, orange, strawberry; and seasons like winter, summer, fall.it's one use case for an em-dash, because whatever you have inside it has commas in the phrase.square and rectangle situation. a supercomma is a subset of semicolon.
xdennis|5 days ago > super-commaI would have assumed it's a synonym for apostrophe. super-comma <-> upper-comma, with super meaning upper, like in superscript. basch|5 days ago I think of it as supersedes the comma in the order of operations. You work inward, or outward (depending which way you read the list.)
basch|5 days ago I think of it as supersedes the comma in the order of operations. You work inward, or outward (depending which way you read the list.)
chasd00|5 days ago no it's always been semicolon, the "super-comma" comes from describing how to use it. "It's similar to a comma but like a super comma." jjgreen|5 days ago Huh? I've always understood that the clause after the semicolon is peripheral; the meaning of the whole sentence does not change without it. load replies (1)
jjgreen|5 days ago Huh? I've always understood that the clause after the semicolon is peripheral; the meaning of the whole sentence does not change without it. load replies (1)
basch|5 days ago same character, used differently?i call it a super comma when its separating a list with commas within the sets.so if i am listing colors like green, blue, red; foods like apple, orange, strawberry; and seasons like winter, summer, fall.it's one use case for an em-dash, because whatever you have inside it has commas in the phrase.square and rectangle situation. a supercomma is a subset of semicolon.
xdennis|5 days ago
I would have assumed it's a synonym for apostrophe. super-comma <-> upper-comma, with super meaning upper, like in superscript.
basch|5 days ago
chasd00|5 days ago
jjgreen|5 days ago
basch|5 days ago
i call it a super comma when its separating a list with commas within the sets.
so if i am listing colors like green, blue, red; foods like apple, orange, strawberry; and seasons like winter, summer, fall.
it's one use case for an em-dash, because whatever you have inside it has commas in the phrase.
square and rectangle situation. a supercomma is a subset of semicolon.