The answer to the last question is: yes, always. But caring about grammar and punctuation is more than just being a pedant.

A 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.

Scholars of the academic specialty known as variationist sociolinguistics have found that across cultures, women are more ...

Experts believe that the semicolon (;) is in danger of becoming extinct from the English language because of its lack of use.

I’m mentioning all this not just because “-uh” is a curiosity in its own right but also because it says a lot about a ...

"Rend your cheeks and rub ashes into your hair," said The Spectator, for the semicolon, that "most elegant, elusive of ...

From the relevance of semicolons to confusion over their, there, and they’re, our community have been discussing their ...

When Danielle Moore started Semicolon Books in West Town in 2019, business was slow — until the social justice movement after George Floyd’s murder in May 2020 launched her store into the spotlight as ...

The semicolon is disappearing. A recent study has found a 50% decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades.

The poor, misunderstood semicolon is under threat. Helen Coffey laments its decline and makes the case for re-educating ...