I write about overcoming writer s block and working with overly zealous editors. I write about proofreading, avoiding common punctuation errors, and managing tone in delicate writing situations.
Most people don t even know what a semicolon is, much less how to use it.
Not quite a comma and not quite a period, I pointed out, this curious hybrid both connects and separates. A surprising number of people have written to me expressing their enthusiastic even passionate appreciation for this most useful device. I love semicolons. Plus, it s so . . . English. . . .