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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've learned to back off and realize that commas, instead of parentheses, often work just fine.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But I've already used commas to add more information to the sentence, how can I fit in more information without parentheses?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Stand over the person reading it and interject.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consider the humble “em dash” — some people use it to interject a completely different sentence in the middle of another — the next time you’re trying to avoid parentheses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You can, although probably should not, use semicolons; they can be used to join related statements that could, very frequently, also stand on their own.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Forget what everyone else said. Brackets.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea I try to do that too. And then make sure it doesn’t end up a ridiculous run on sentence. 😭

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Just introduce yourself to people as a 19th century German philosopher, they'll understand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Commas are a pathway to infinitely run-on sentences.