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The correct version, using a comma, would be “Judy jogged on the pavement, but it wasn’t good for her knees.” Of course, if ...
The semicolon has been described as a "graceful pause" in writing. But this graceful punctuation mark is being forgotten.
Semicolon use is down, and its slide is making headlines. In the U.S., these punctuation marks are appearing in published books about half as often as they did 25 years ago. The same trend can be seen ...
The age-old semicolon is dying out as Britons admit to never or rarely using the punctuation mark, a study has found. In English-written 19th century literature it appeared once in every 205 words ...