Semicolons Becoming Increasingly Rare; Their Disappearance Should Be Resisted

Study Finds ^ | May 21, 2025 | Roslyn Petelin, The University of Queensland

[gas_dr]

Well you missed a golden opportunity, then.

In my writing, i do my best to keep the semicolon employed; I find it quite useful!

😊🤪

[logi_cal869]

Author is an idiot.

[jimfr]

It use to be used in technical journals to help explain complex thoughts. Now journal editors insist on authors using fourth grade level text. Then again today journal authors only have fourth grade thoughts and results.

[WASCWatch]

Everyone should purchase and use “Elements of Style”; a wonderful book to help write clearly.

[SisterK]

I leave short choppy sentences to journalists who write like Kamala speaks.

being concise is not drunken blather

[Red Badger]

She should learn to code................

[bert]

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[Churchillspirit]

I love them too; I’ll keep using them.

[Churchillspirit]

LOL; no capital letter required for”their”.

[Red Badger]

Looks like the Rockettes...................................

[TexasGator]

“LOL; no capital letter required for”their”.”

ROTFLMAO! It is a headline. It is capitalized like the rest of the words!

[imardmd1]

:) \;^) +++++++++++++++++++++++++

Let us not overlook:

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[Churchillspirit]

Sorry, should have put a smiley face on my comment.

[imardmd1]

The thought came to me about the autographs and early apographs that are not even in in cursive. Leaving that, without question addition of punctuation is not merely translation; such activity must inherently call forth interpretation, but under whose hermeneutic?

(See, I used a semicolon here to establish continuity of thought!)

[Biblebelter]

Agreed.

Semicolons are a good friend of the essayist.

[EODGUY]

New rallying cry: “My semi-colon, my choice”.