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Semicolons: A Love Story

And so, far from being pretentious, semicolons can be positively democratic. To use a semicolon properly can be an act of faith. It’s a way of saying to the reader, who is already holding one bag of groceries, here, I know it’s a lot, but can you take another?

Fun read.

Semicolons: A Love Story

How Kurt Vonnegut taught one writer to hate the semicolon; how William James convinced him to love it.

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July 24, 2012

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