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semicolon
semicolon: see punctuation.
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Why most semicolons are for sissies
Sep 01, 2002; Writers who daily cope with the English language eventually come to an inescapable conclusion: Our language is a mess. It is not...
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Sex and the semicolon The punctuation mark that makes men tremble
Aug 10, 2008; THE WORD IN A RECENT column inviting readers to copy-edit along with him, language maven James Kilpatrick objected to a...
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Pause and effect - The quiet generosity of the semicolon
Sep 14, 2008; The Word THE SEMICOLON MAY have been scorned by chest-thumping writers like Hemingway and Vonnegut, as I wrote last month, but it...
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Justifying the worth of the sissy semicolon
May 14, 2006; It is not easy to write with dispassion of the odious semicolon, but let me try: Except for its function in one copy-editing...
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The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind., Suzanne Kaiser column: Learn to use a semicolon; it makes two phrases one.(Column)
Sep 23, 2006; Byline: Suzanne Kaiser Sep. 23--Q.: I am not sure when to use a semicolon. Can you help me? A.: The semicolon seems to be the...
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