Kurt Vonnegut hated semicolons. He said they were pretentious and unnecessary. Every semicolon could be replaced either by a comma, or by making it two sentences.
By an odd coincidence, I always thought that Kurt Vonnegut was pretentious and unnecessary.
Sometimes a semicolon is the right punctuation to use. Not often, but once in a while.
Free Republic requires ;’s
(use semi-colons to separate multiple recipients)
And William Faulkner tended to use punctuation in ALL THE WRONG DAMNED PLACES.
(same with upper case letters - thanks bill)
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country