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The Apostrophe Protection Society is going along very strongly; perhaps we need a Semicolon Supporting Society?
Experts believe that the semicolon (;) is in danger of becoming extinct from the English language because of its lack of use.
The age-old semicolon is dying out as Britons admit to never or rarely using the punctuation mark, a study has found.
A new study has found that use of semicolons has declined by half over the last couple of decades. Once known as the ...
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"Rend your cheeks and rub ashes into your hair," said The Spectator, for the semicolon, that "most elegant, elusive of ...
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ABP News on MSNWhere Did All The Semicolons Go? The Case Of The Vanishing PauseA recent study indicates a significant decline in semicolon usage over the past two decades, continuing a long-term trend. While some data suggests a recent recovery, overall usage is down.
The poor, misunderstood semicolon is under threat. Helen Coffey laments its decline and makes the case for re-educating ...
From the relevance of semicolons to confusion over their, there, and they’re, our community have been discussing their ...
A semicolon's use is to connect two parts of a sentence where a conjunction is omitted, such as 'The cat sat on the mat; the mice watched from behind the sofa'. 'They should be used between two ...
A semicolon brings a touch of class to ... even full stops became passé. Why use a boring dot to end a sentence when you could shrug, scream, or roll your eyes? Why would you want to replace ...
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