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Skip Scherer - Author<p>Hi, my name is Skip—and I like Oxford commas, em dashes, and the occasional interrobang.</p><p>Thanks for joining me.</p><p>💙📚 💙 🪐📚 <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booksky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indie</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Red Hat's latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novella</span></a>, "The Joy of Style Guides," offers 10,000 ways to make sure your semicolons align with the stars. ✨ It's a thrilling read for those who mistake overzealous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> policing for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a>. 📚💤 Can't wait for the movie adaptation! 🎬<br><a href="https://stylepedia.net/style/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">stylepedia.net/style/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoyOfStyleGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoyOfStyleGuides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MovieAdaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MovieAdaptation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Nick East (Indie Writer)<p>I'd really like to meet Nelson Mandela the 800-year-old demi-god and dildo collector, he seems fun 😜😂 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/humour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>humour</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/authorindiespeak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>authorindiespeak</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritingMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingMemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oxford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Comma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comma</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/IndieBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writerdons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writerdons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writinglife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p>
David Megginson<p>If you see something written with en-dashes and em-dashes, you know it involved <del>artificial intelligences</del> <u>competent writers and editors.</u></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>editing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>I like to put U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE between numbers and units, such as:</p><p>2,345 mi<br>3.95 kg<br>25.7 °C</p><p>These diminutive slivers add just enough space between numbers and letters to make them easier to read, but still keep them together.</p><p>I also like to use the script ℓ for liters to keep it legible.</p><p>1.0 gal ≈ 3.79 ℓ</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nerd</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@WiteWulf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WiteWulf</span></a></span> </p><p>The amusing thing is that if you go to the actual NYT article (which has two other people in its byline) you can see the copy editing, elisions, and omissions that turned the original article's correctly punctuated first paragraph into that mess of a Twitter post.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BadJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>Spaces around en-dashes, or no?</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nerd</span></a></p>
Wendy Palmer<p>Love a semi-colon.</p><p>Love a pair of em-dashes (yes, I know), though actually I use the space—en-dash—space formation these days to match with my single quotation mark*.</p><p>And on this WIP, I’ve finally given in and allowed brackets too**.</p><p>I also have a single occasion in the WIP on which it would very apt to use a footnote*** but I haven’t decided if it’ll pass the first draft yet or not.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl/114780005280908908" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zirk.us/@grammargirl/114780005</span><span class="invisible">280908908</span></a></p><p>*If you pay attention to punctuation in trad-published books, and why would anyone, you might notice a general pattern of US = double quotation marks and em-dash, UK = single quotation marks and spaced en-dash. I was AU mix-and-matching, but the wrong way round (AU books sometimes use double quotations but en-dashes) until I couldn’t take it anymore 😂 </p><p>**Funny how the subconscious brain works: my POV MC is quiet and keeps a lot of secrets, OF COURSE HE THINKS IN BRACKETS…</p><p>***yes, a Terry Pratchett reference</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MoreFunThanRealNewsRightNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreFunThanRealNewsRightNow</span></a></p>
Candace Robb<p>This is a delicious tribute to the sensual semi-colon. Enjoy! </p><p>"Witness this gorgeous specimen by Christopher Marlowe, in ‘Hero and Leander’:</p><p> Come thither; As she spake this, her toong tript.<br> For vnawares (Come thither) from her slipt.<br> And sodainly her former colour chang’d.<br> And here and there her eies through anger rang’d.</p><p>That slight, erotic pause after the first ‘thither’; it’s heavenly."<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-semicolon-had-its-moment-that-moment-is-over/#comments-container" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spectator.co.uk/article/the-se</span><span class="invisible">micolon-had-its-moment-that-moment-is-over/#comments-container</span></a></p>
Carson Hill 📎<p>Today I learned that "Bucky's" is apparently short for "Bucky's Hair Lounge and AKMA". </p><p>Tomorrow, perhaps I'll learn what AKMA means. </p><p>(there's an explanation in the alt text)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonsense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWay</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p>Could the Semicolon Die Out? Recent Analysis Finds a Decline in Its Usage in British Literature and Confusion Among U.K. Students</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Semicolon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Semicolon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnitedKingdom_education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom_education</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-the-semicolon-die-out-a-recent-study-finds-a-marked-decline-in-its-usage-180986689/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">could-the-semicolon-die-out-a-recent-study-finds-a-marked-decline-in-its-usage-180986689/</span></a></p>
Jenny Lam<p>"AI can’t have my em dash": <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/06/11/ai-cant-have-my-em-dash" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/06/11/ai-cant-h</span><span class="invisible">ave-my-em-dash</span></a></p><p>THIS, THANK YOU. I won't let non-writers associating em dashes with <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> make me stop using em dashes, which I've been using forever. I even have a 2011-era tag on my <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> (<a href="http://artistsonthelam.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">artistsonthelam.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) dedicated to my love for them.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nerd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
Aethelflaed<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> </p><p>As someone who loves learning languages I had to report on this. It is thought that the semi-colon is set to die out in English literature. Most young people apparently do not know how to use it correctly. It has been in use since the end of the 15th century. In 1701 it appeared in a ratio of 1:90 words, whilst today it appears just once for every 390 words. A huge fall. It is thought people are afraid of using it incorrectly. <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-the-semicolon-die-out-a-recent-study-finds-a-marked-decline-in-its-usage-180986689/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">could-the-semicolon-die-out-a-recent-study-finds-a-marked-decline-in-its-usage-180986689/</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Rules Related to the Oxford Comma Revisited</p><p>Including why not using the Oxford comma in a list may require a punctuation switch Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »<br><a href="https://writingcooperative.com/rules-related-to-the-oxford-comma-revisited-c5408c8a3d4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writingcooperative.com/rules-r</span><span class="invisible">elated-to-the-oxford-comma-revisited-c5408c8a3d4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/icecream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>icecream</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/writingwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingwell</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
JordiGH<p>The Laws of the Spanish Language, Chapter 3, Section 4, Subsection 9, Verse 2, Item c:</p><p>Thou mayest use one exclamatory symbol customarily, two in times of need, three as an extreme measure, but four exclamatory signs are right out, and five are out of the question.</p><p><a href="https://www.rae.es/ortograf%C3%ADa/usos-especiales-de-los-signos-de-interrogaci%C3%B3n-y-exclamaci%C3%B3n" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rae.es/ortograf%C3%ADa/usos-es</span><span class="invisible">peciales-de-los-signos-de-interrogaci%C3%B3n-y-exclamaci%C3%B3n</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAE</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spanish</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".</p><p>This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hyphens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyphens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/StyleGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StyleGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>I don't think any punctuation marks need protecting, by the way. The Apostrophe Protection Society, for example, is a dogmatic organisation with an appetite for shaming people and no apparent understanding of the apostrophe's diverse history and continuing mutability.</p><p>Punctuation patterns ebb and flow and change with the times. If people see the need for a particular mark, they'll keep using it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/semicolon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semicolon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/apostrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apostrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/prescriptivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prescriptivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>In all the recent fuss over the semicolon's apparent decline (see e.g. <a href="https://theconversation.com/semicolons-are-becoming-increasingly-rare-their-disappearance-should-be-resisted-257019" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/semicolons</span><span class="invisible">-are-becoming-increasingly-rare-their-disappearance-should-be-resisted-257019</span></a> ), I've seen no mention of Cecelia Watson's book, which I reviewed here: <a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/book-review-semicolon-by-cecelia-watson/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2019/0</span><span class="invisible">8/12/book-review-semicolon-by-cecelia-watson/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/semicolon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semicolon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Asakiyume<p>D'awww, I clicked on "Give Thanks to Punctuation," because as a copy editor, how could I not? And it's delightful. Melos Han-Tani says much of the music for DANCHI DAYS is reused from earlier games, but this particular track is new to this game. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/VideoGameMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGameMusic</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Punctuation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://htch.bandcamp.com/track/give-thanks-to-punctuation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">htch.bandcamp.com/track/give-t</span><span class="invisible">hanks-to-punctuation</span></a></p>
Furthering<p>Decline in semicolon usage, and thank goodness, not least because people generally don't know how to use them correctly.</p><p>I try to get my non-native English-speaking colleagues to cut down on their use and to please do not use them in bullet lists.</p><p>"Too academic for our purposes!" I say.</p><p>Although a careful, considered semicolon, a literary semicolon, I can get behind.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/18/marked-decline-semicolon-use-english-books-study-suggests" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/18/marked-decline-semicolon-use-english-books-study-suggests</span></a></p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/semicolons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semicolons</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a></p>