Pity the poor semicolon. Part comma and part period, it’s caught in the gray no-man’s-land of punctuation. No one seems to know how or when to use this little eye-winker; some writers simply choose ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A man walks into a bar. Seriously. He orders a nightcap to finish the evening, but the barman refuses, pointing to the clock. It’s after ...

Happy National Punctuation Day, Internet! To celebrate, we've prepared a guide to the most hated punctuation mark of all: the semicolon. Although you won't need it often, it can add essential clarity ...

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If you’re reading this, you probably know a thing or two about punctuation. But nobody — including punctuation book authors (ahem) — knows it all. So here are some advanced punctuation tips for good ...

When you’re learning to type, the first lesson is the home-row position — the keys where your fingers rest: a s d f j k l ;. Learning this, you might naturally assume that the semicolon is pretty ...

April 27, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Colons and semicolons are the indie rock of punctuation marks. They’re not mainstream-popular like the period.

Love or detest it, the semicolon is the most divisive punctuation mark of the modern era. Should we even care? "His kiss was like a flash of lightning; when it was dark again she was free." From the ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. SEMICOLON: Hi. I'm a semicolon. But if you don't know me, well, that's okay. Lots of people don't. REID ...

Of all the punctuation marks, the semicolon is far from the most popular. It's fallen in usage since it's heyday in the 1800s. Why was it so big then, and what changed? It might be that folks today ...