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[–] lemmus@lemmy.world 25 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Semicolons cost nothing.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Isn't this acceptable though due to the subject of both "clauses" being the same ("tourist" both climbs and breaks)?

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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

"and" doesn't cost anything either

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[–] radix@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago

It costs horizontal space, and my understanding is that newspaper headlines tend to minimize words as much as possible (while maintaining meaning).

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[–] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago*

I'm almost certain this would not be a correct usage of a semicolon, semicolons require both parts of the sentence to be compete.

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