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This is one thing I think English needs: the "Ammoc" -- it looks like a comma, but backwards. It's used to indicate when one feels that for breath or speaking issues, a pause is needed, but it gra...
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2020-02-10T14:22:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T11:40:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
This is one thing I think English needs: the " **Ammoc**" -- it looks like a comma, but backwards. It's used to indicate when one feels that for breath or speaking issues, **a pause is needed, but it grammatically does NOT fit the rules of using a comma**. Often this is when the subject phrase is pretty long, so when speaking, one adds a break before the verb. I often see a need for this is corporate-ese: speakers often pause after each phrase, whether or not it's a full clause that would have punctuation surrounding it. This could also be used to indicate that small pause in dialog -- a little less intense of one than an em-dash or ellipses.
#1: Imported from external source
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2019-04-08T15:21:50Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 2