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minus-square@Dalvoron@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-28 months agoMy favourite language joke: What’s the difference between a cat and a comma? One’s got claws at the end of its paws, the other’s a pause at the end of a clause *fixed order
minus-square@bitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoWhat do you call Santa’s little helpers? Subordinate Clauses
minus-square@RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoBut a comma goes before the pause.
minus-square@pyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoyeah doesn’t even work with the classic joke format, in which the words switch places. I’m sure the joke should actually be: one has claws at the end of its paws, one denotes a pause at the end of a clause.
minus-square@Dalvoron@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoYes I did mix up the order of the words cause of poor sleep. Thanks for correcting
My favourite language joke:
What’s the difference between a cat and a comma?
One’s got claws at the end of its paws, the other’s a pause at the end of a clause
*fixed order
What do you call Santa’s little helpers?
Subordinate Clauses
But a comma goes before the pause.
yeah doesn’t even work with the classic joke format, in which the words switch places. I’m sure the joke should actually be:
one has claws at the end of its paws, one denotes a pause at the end of a clause.
Yes I did mix up the order of the words cause of poor sleep. Thanks for correcting