The semicolon is something that truly evokes fear in teachers and students alike. I can go to town teaching commas, non-defining relative clauses and even quotation marks in citations, but the semicolon, no thanks. Like the slang we use, does it show our age? This article is great. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/nyregion/18semicolon.html?ex=1360990800&en=c00d1c75ab9a5f83&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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