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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Mon Oct 14, 2013, 09:43 AM Oct 2013

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"How to use a semicolon"... [View all]

and much fun.

One of the best things I've seen on our most underused and confusing punctuation mark...

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon?utm_source=howtogeek&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

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"How to use a semicolon"... [View all] TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 OP

Nice. I read through the entire six posters SheilaT Oct 2013 #1

remidial kardonb Oct 2013 #6

Irony... Thor_MN Oct 2013 #8

Those posters would make great gifts for public school teachers... hunter Oct 2013 #2

don't care .... kardonb Oct 2013 #7

English is also a language that rapidly evolves and adapts. hunter Oct 2013 #9

Well... Rozlee Oct 2013 #3

Apostrophes... TheDebbieDee Oct 2013 #4

funny. unionthug777 Oct 2013 #5

I love semicolons; they save space. nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #10

Isn't that what you have after a partial colectomy? McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #11

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