The semicolon, 'the most feared punctuation on Earth,' is in decline; does it matter? Kim Hjelmgaard and Veronica Bravo, USA TODAYSeptember 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM 0 Illustrations by It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy.
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Kim Hjelmgaard and Veronica Bravo, USA TODAYSeptember 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's showy; it's chiefly used to show you've been to college. More than two-thirds of young Americans claim they know how to use it; about the same number, tests proved, actually don't.
The semicolon is a wily punctuation mark. Stronger, more thoughtful and less understood than the humble comma, it separates items in a detailed list or complicated parts of a sentence.
Here's how the semicolon split breaks down:
Graphics by Ramon Padilla.
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