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

No piece of punctuation, though, stirs people up more than the humble semicolon. Too demure to be a colon but more assertive ...

Like the fissionable atom, punctuation marks are wee items capable of causing a tremendous release of energy. Passionate disagreement over the use of exclamation points is so familiar that a “Seinfeld ...

Inspired by the passionate response to the semicolon’s supposed decline, this quiz invites you to test – and perhaps ...

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After Semicolon, the beloved bookstore in West Town, announced in January that it plans to close in April, an outpouring of community support persuaded the owner to give her dream another go ...

The semicolon - a comma with a full stop for a hat, and sometimes called a super-comma - can sashay into prose and transform it in a way that a full stop, comma or even a dash cannot.

A semicolon tattoo on the wrist with handwritten text reading, "You are the author of your life and you should choose NOT to end it," promoting Project Semicolon. Image credits: @projsemicolon ...

Semicolon’s shelves are stacked with books ranging from graphic novels to James Baldwin and everything in between. Moore always stocks Black classics, including works by Octavia Butler, ...

CLYDE – The semicolon is important in the name of Wendy Whittaker-Criswell’s new nonprofit organization for the families who survive after a suicide, "What if; Hope." What if; Hope is a 501(c ...