Like the fissionable atom, punctuation marks are wee items capable of causing a tremendous release of energy. Passionate ...

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

A semicolon requires effort and thought to deploy, and as we’ve seen, some writers avoid them entirely. So you might think, Maybe Chandler just didn’t like the semicolon, or maybe he didn’t ...

The semicolon has long been a divisive punctuation mark. Since its first reported use published by the Italian printer and humanist Aldus Manutius the Elder in the 1490s, people have both sung its ...

The poor, misunderstood semicolon is under threat. Helen Coffey laments its decline and makes the case for re-educating ourselves on its usefulness as the chicest grammatical tool ...

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 ...