CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 10 months agoTourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks itwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkTourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks itwww.bbc.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarelemmus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down4·10 months agoSemicolons cost nothing.
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoIsn’t this acceptable though due to the subject of both “clauses” being the same (“tourist” both climbs and breaks)?
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months ago“and” doesn’t cost anything either
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt costs horizontal space, and my understanding is that newspaper headlines tend to minimize words as much as possible (while maintaining meaning).
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoI’m almost certain this would not be a correct usage of a semicolon, semicolons require both parts of the sentence to be compete.
Semicolons cost nothing.
Isn’t this acceptable though due to the subject of both “clauses” being the same (“tourist” both climbs and breaks)?
“and” doesn’t cost anything either
It costs horizontal space, and my understanding is that newspaper headlines tend to minimize words as much as possible (while maintaining meaning).
I’m almost certain this would not be a correct usage of a semicolon, semicolons require both parts of the sentence to be compete.