Semicolon

By Cecelia Watson

Subjects: Semicolon, English language, Punctuation, New York Times reviewed, English language, punctuation

Description: Semicolon By Cecelia Watson “Delightful” (The New Yorker): Martin Luther King Jr. and Herman Melville used it. George Orwell hated it. Learn how an unassuming punctuation mark became a grammatical battleground. “Essential reading for anyone who cares about language” (The Boston Globe).