The Apostrophe Protection Society is going along very strongly; perhaps we need a Semicolon Supporting Society?

A panic rose up in him, and now his extremities seemed ... including ten periods, seven commas, five semicolons, and three dashes. I am especially intrigued by the unusual use of the semicolon ...

According to the Guardian, the Google Books Ngram Viewer database, which surveys novels and nonfiction, indicates that semicolon use in English rose by 388% between 1800 and 2006, before falling ...