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

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

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 ...

Semicolons (;) Semicolons must combine similar elements and are either used to combine complete sentences or items in a long, complicated list. Use semicolons in the following situations: Combine two ...

The late crime novelist never wrote anything that looked like fussy prose, but he certainly took great pains with writing, as he demonstrates in this letter about semicolons. Donald E. Westlake ...

So a recent memo I wrote was reviewed and in the flurry of red ink, this sentence was corrected by my manager (some words have been changed):quote:Jelly donut S/N 012 was cleared of excessive ...

Colons and semicolons are punctuation marks. They help express relationships between parts of a sentence. A colon is used before describing or further explaining something previously mentioned in ...

The semicolon-vs.-colon decision is a bit tougher to make. But even that can’t compare to the puzzle of picking the right kind of dash or hyphen to drop into a sentence.

Colons are used ONLY after a COMPLETE sentence. Ex: They serve several flavors of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate, peach, strawberry, and mocha mint. Do not use a semi-colon when the list is an ...

Yes, the colon and semicolon can get pretty hairy but, if you’re not comfortable with them, they’re easy to swerve round. The apostrophe gets wickedly abused – and not just by grocers.