I do this so much at work and have to constantly remind myself not to overdo it (otherwise people will think I’m crazy).
Usually by my third edit I’m ready to send. Of course, by then I’ve begun to question if anyone is interested in my option anyway and why am I sending this email? They probably know all this already and I’m too stupid to have realized it.
im like small sentence (heres some back story though (and some deeper context thats needed (also something vaguely related to thing))).
I’ve learned to back off and realize that commas, instead of parentheses, often work just fine.
But I’ve already used commas to add more information to the sentence, how can I fit in more information without parentheses?
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.
Forget what everyone else said. Brackets.
Stand over the person reading it and interject.
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.
Yea I try to do that too. And then make sure it doesn’t end up a ridiculous run on sentence. 😭
Just introduce yourself to people as a 19th century German philosopher, they’ll understand.
Commas are a pathway to infinitely run-on sentences.
Occasionally replace the parenthesis with a semicolon – or dashes – and you can get away with it more often.
i do this; i just have so much to say, and there are only so many conjugations and commas you can get away with – without it becoming a run-on sentence (i may have a run-on mind).
That’s called ADHD, but I like the name, so we can use both I guess.
The thing is - and I say that from experience (being somewhat on the ADHD spectrum myself) - that there are no limits to how many of these you can use; or at least that’s how it feels to me (sorry!).
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Beautiful sentence using all of them!
Semicolon ftw
I am guilty of overusing em dashes — I just think they’re aesthetically pleasing, even if they’re often unnecessary.
