In the world of the rule followers, the semicolon has two licit functions: to separate items in a series that have internal punctuation, and to splice two independent clauses. In the wider world of ...

April 27, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Colons and semicolons are the indie rock of punctuation marks. They’re not mainstream-popular like the period.

If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with the acclaimed PS4 action/adventure game Horizon: Zero Dawn. (Many have called it a "certified gaming classic.") Perhaps you've even beaten it.

The colon is probably more useful to you in writing compositions, Chan, as the colon symbol : is used before an explanation about something or to introduce a list. Note these examples below: As a ...

For writers at work, punctuation can slip from a matter of convention to one of obsession. I just finished my poetry thesis last week, and I’m embarrassed to admit the number of times I changed ...

I’m still a bit mad at Jedi: Fallen Order for erasing the Dark Forces timeline from canon Star Wars, but thinking about it, something had to be done about the colons. Star Wars Colon Dark Forces, then ...

If you hang out with anyone under 30, you might have noticed that punctuation has been getting a bad rap lately, especially when it comes to texting. While putting a period at the end of a sentence ...

In celebration of National Punctuation Day, one of our commenters noted James Joyce's playful use of the colon . Will Berlin writes: One of my all-time favorite uses of the colon is from Ulysses. The ...