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Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by koavf@lemmy.ml to c/typography@lemmy.ml

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I still use those, too, as well as em dashes. I love my Vonnegut; I also love my semicolons.

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I just started increasing my usage of them 🙃

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Semicolon, the most half-assed punctuation mark.