What the semicolon's anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and thus precipitate the end of the world. Are they being alarmist?
The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or 'it has' then what you requi… - Lynne Truss
The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or 'it has' then what you requi…
- Lynne Truss
It should come as no surprise that writers take an interest in punctuation. I have been told that the dying words of one famous 20th-century writer w… - Lynne Truss
It should come as no surprise that writers take an interest in punctuation. I have been told that the dying words of one famous 20th-century writer w…
The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it. - Lynne Truss
The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.
The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning. - Lynne Truss
The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop. - Lynne Truss
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.
A Panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots into the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the … - Lynne Truss
A Panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots into the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the …
Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking. - Lynne Truss
Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.
The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations. Increasingly, we are … - Lynne Truss
The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations. Increasingly, we are …
In the family of punctuation, where the full stop is daddy and the comma is mummy, and the semicolon quietly practises the piano with crossed hands, … - Lynne Truss
In the family of punctuation, where the full stop is daddy and the comma is mummy, and the semicolon quietly practises the piano with crossed hands, …
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