The semicolon is the comma's first cousin, but it works a little bit harder; it also makes you look smarter. So what are the practical ways to implement this little grammatical workhorse? Read on to ...

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The semicolon is a much-misused, often maligned, but elegant and useful piece of punctuation. Neither a period nor a comma, the semicolon links in some instances and divides in others. There's no need ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Punctuation stresses people out. Pretty much everyone in the English-speaking world knows what it’s like to sit at a keyboard, finger hovering above the hyphen or comma key, paralyzed by self-doubt.