What's the most difficult punctuation mark to use correctly

>>10029332
No, I usually, find, comma's are actu,ally pretty easy, to. use,

how;eve,r semicolon;s can be a bit, more, problem'atic

You're not retarded. You just don't understand how to use it properly. You use it correctly in your first sentence, though. So you have that going for you.

>>10029332
bugs,, easy on the commas

>>10029335
How can you say that it's easy to use? You completely, totally, messed it up you dirty, unbearable, pseud. Maybe, come back once you've read a book, or two.

Ellipsis...

Em dash—that has always troubled me.

>>10029332
>Does the sentence I'm writing require punctuation to divide it's contents?
>Does the sentence I'm writing contain a pause or slight transgression from its initial point?
>Does the sentence I'm writing, as a piece of dialog, contain a pause in its speech?
>Is the sentence I'm writing two independent clauses, or an independent clause with a dependant clause?

You should really be asking about the appropriate usage of the emdash. Commas will make sense, but emdashes are much more liberal in their application.

>>10029419
ooo, no, anon
You can use the em dash in many ways—which you really should learn—but the most important are stress and emphasis.

>>10029419
Em dashes are just less offensive parentheses.

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>>10029351
Is this ironic

>>10029332
I feel like commas are the most subjective punctuation. A good writer can use them in a million different ways

I felt nervous about commas for a long time, then I read some 18th century writings, from guys like Thomas Jefferson, and other American founders; I realized, that no matter how many commas I used, I could never out comma the greats.