Like the fissionable atom, punctuation marks are wee items capable of causing a tremendous release of energy. Passionate ...

No piece of punctuation, though, stirs people up more than the humble semicolon. Too demure to be a colon but more assertive than a comma, the semicolon was introduced in 1494 by Venetian printer and ...

The colon ( : ) and semicolon ( ; ) are frequently used incorrectly in place of each other. The two punctuation marks serve very different purposes, and should not be used interchangeably. Colon. A ...

The age-old semicolon is dying out as Britons admit to never or rarely using the punctuation mark. In English-written 19th century literature it appeared once in every 205 words, but today it is ...

Colons and semicolons are the indie rock of punctuation marks. They’re not mainstream-popular like the period. They aren’t obvious and eager-to-please like the exclamation mark. They’re not ...

Not only are semicolons evidently becoming more rare, but young people are less aware of how to use them, according to a ...

Semicolon-versus-colon is one of the most fearsome face-offs in the grammar game. Here’s how to come out on top. ... If you replaced those semicolons with more commas, ...

In Massachusetts, a semicolon that should have been a comma would have prevented hotels from selling liquor after 11 P.M.; it had the effect of making people buy a lot of drinks before last call.

Feelings about the semicolon run strong. Its proper use is a hallmark of literacy. and today we're going to talk about the semicolon. It's the hot new piece of punctuation. Everyone is using it ...

In the delightful Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark, Cecelia Watson, a historian and philosopher of science, takes readers through a lively and varied “biography ...

Real men, goes the unwritten rule of American punctuation, don't use semi-colons." And Kilpatrick, in a 2006 column, restated those sentiments at a higher pitch, ...