A study found that semicolons are in steep decline; I remain loyal. Its dectractors can be quite virulent. It is sometimes ...

“Our findings reveal that the semicolon is an ‘endangered’ punctuation mark - abandoned by many British writers who might have been expected to showcase its value, and often misunderstood by ...

These findings may not be definitive. According to the Guardian, the Google Books Ngram Viewer database, which surveys novels ...

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The decline accelerates a longterm trend: In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every 90 words; by 2000, it had fallen to one every 205 words. Today, there’s just one semicolon for ...