Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
SEMICOLONS!
( Perhaps the most commonly misunderstood English punctuation mark, the semicolon does not appear very often in most written documents.... )

I don't normally like the “x-number-of-things-that-you're-doing-wrong” articles that make up the side links of many a gossip site, but there's a certain charm in Ben Yagoda's 2013 “7 Grammar Rules You Should Really Pay Attention To.” In this article (which he wrote for TheWeek.Com), Yagoda uses a gentle but firm-not to mention cheeky-voice to ( Read more... )

Happy Friday, and welcome to another Blast from the Past! Today we'll briefly review the most common uses of the semicolon, first covered in a very comprehensive Grammar 101 post by skrobertsThe semicolon, which looks like the offspring of a colon and a comma, like this ( ; ), is stronger than a comma but weaker than a period, and has several uses in ( Read more... )

The Grammarians have been asked "How do you use quotation marks and colons/semicolons together?"

This combination really does conjure up visions of a punctuation traffic jam. Let's take a closer look, and we'll work it out -- one way or another.
( With examples from a pair of fantastic journeys: Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollboth and C.S. Lewis' Voyage of the Dawn Treader... )

Behold the seductive powers of punctuation used properly and artfully! Demonstrated for your viewing pleasure by the dinosaurs at Dinosaur Comics. Just click on the image below to find out how to impress potential partners with suave punctuation know-how.


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A graphical explanation on how to use a semicolon, provided by The Oatmeal.

Here's a teaser-click the image for the complete explanation!


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...with examples from Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Bones, NCIS, Psych, Burn Notice, Angel, and The Vlogbrothers...

( Periods, question marks, exclamation points, semicolons, and colons... )

rykaine asks: What is the difference between a semicolon and a colon?

With examples from Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Torchwood.

( Semicolons vs. Colons )