TypoHunter & Ophelight
Ophelight
Hi TypoHunter, have you ever thought of punctuation as a river that remembers the forgotten meaning of a sentence, and that we can guide it back to its proper flow?
TypoHunter
That's a poetic way to think about it, but if you want the sentence to truly flow, you need a period at the end. A comma can’t hold the whole meaning like a river can.
Ophelight
You’re right, a period is the bridge that lets the river of thought finally reach the shore, but sometimes a pause, a comma, is a little tributary that lets the water slow and taste the stones along the way.
TypoHunter
I love that metaphor—just remember that a comma is a pause, not a permanent stop. Keep the river flowing, but let the period be the final bridge.
Ophelight
I’ll let the river of words dip in its own quiet before the final stone of the period lets the sound settle. The pause is just a ripple, not the shore.