Occasionally a major news article pops up about the sighting of a strange and thought-to-be-extinct bird in in the swamps of Louisiana, or the odd urbanization of voles, or some such thing.
I would hardly expect such grace to befall a semicolon; haven't they been extinct for years?
Thought you'd enjoy that.
P.S. Love that editorial correction at the bottom--NYT made the quintessential mistake with Lynne Truss's book title!
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I always try to find a reason to use a semicolon in whatever I'm writing. I especially like to put them in emails since those are so informal I think it gives them a little punch of soberness.
It's like a subtle weapon for carving open unsuspecting minds.
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