Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it “Do not use semicolons,” wrote Kurt Vonnegut, who averaged fewer than 30 a novel ...

When you’re learning to type, the first lesson is the home-row position — the keys where your fingers rest: a s d f j k l ;. Learning this, you might naturally assume that the semicolon is pretty ...

Britons more familiar with advanced punctuation in New Labour’s heyday, survey suggests Gareth Corfield is the Telegraph's Transport Correspondent. He covers road, rail and air transport, focusing on ...

A recent study has found a 50 per cent decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades. The decline accelerates a longterm trend: In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly ...

Writers and linguistic patriots have supported a drive to save the point-virgule — the semicolon — from extinction because the media, authors and the French people no longer understand its use. Fans ...

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In 1837, two law professors at the University of Paris disagreed so strongly on the correct use of the semicolon that they decided the only way to settle the matter was through a duel! You will need ...

Using semicolons | Describing Biden | Fish pie topping | The Who | Laburnum trees One of the advantages of the semicolon is that almost nobody understands it (Marked decline in semicolons in English ...

If a struggling writer is having trouble with apostrophe’s, too bad. Spoken English doesnt use them and doesnt give the slightest hint about where they might be needed in writing, but youd better put ...