According to Cecelia Watson, semicolons aren't just punctuation marks. They're also "a place where our anxieties and our aspirations about language, class, and education are concentrated." That may ...

In the world of the rule followers, the semicolon has two licit functions: to separate items in a series that have internal punctuation, and to splice two independent clauses. In the wider world of ...

Once dismissed as a fussy, somewhat effete affectation, the white-gloved cousin to the callused, workaholic comma or brutally abrupt period, the semicolon might be coming into its own. Most people, ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know a thing or two about punctuation. But nobody — including punctuation book authors (ahem) — knows it all. So here are some advanced punctuation tips for good ...