Seeing a semicolon is becoming increasingly rare; it seems that writers—especially young ones—don't understand how to use them. Instances of the misunderstood piece of punctuation in English-language ...

The Vanishing Semicolon: A Cultural Shift in Punctuation Punctuation is not just a matter of grammar; it tells the story of ...

It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's showy; it's chiefly used to show you've been to college. More than two-thirds of young ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustrations by It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's ...