Is the semicolon misunderstood? Author Cecelia Watson thinks so, and she wrote a whole book about the polarizing punctuation mark:
If you spend time on the internet, you will witness grammar arguments—namely, the importance of correct grammar to some and their ire at those who use it incorrectly. From memes to Facebook posts to corrective Tweets, there’s no end to reminders that “your” is possessive and “you’re” means “you are.” Cecelia Watson, author of, explains that she used to have visceral reactions to grammatical errors.
Much of the book isn’t about the semicolon; it’s about the ways in which punctuation is codified as a set of hard rules that are constantly challenged. Watson writes about the unending war between grammar and style, how attempts to make punctuation and grammar a science changed the way we thought about the two, and the feuding grammar guide authors who built up the notions we now believe about correct punctuation.
If one is predisposed to the semicolon, there is ample defense of it here; if one is not so predisposed, Watson’s book won’t tip the scales. There’s little to suggest that the semicolon is different from any punctuation mark, be it the comma or the hyphen, in terms of provenance and the conflict it drives between style and grammar.
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