Semicolon-versus-colon is one of the most fearsome face-offs in the grammar game. Here’s how to come out on top.

Cecelia Watson, author of “Semicolon: The Past, Present and Future of a Misunderstood Mark.” Historian and philosopher of science. Faculty member in Bard College’s Language and Thinking ...

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 ...

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