Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The questions begin: Can I use a semicolon here? Should it be a colon instead? What’s the rule again? Oh foot, I’ll just give up ...

It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's showy; it's chiefly used to show you've been to college. More than two-thirds of young ...

For some people, getting a new tattoo is no big deal; for others, it requires months of planning. Oftentimes, there is a larger meaning behind a tattoo. A lot of thought goes into making a decision on ...

Each one of Bryn Yeager's more than 20 tattoos tell the story of her 27 years: her past, her present and her future. Her latest tattoo, a small semicolon on her wrist, will be a permanent reminder of ...

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The first reported use of the semicolon was in the essay "De Aetna," pictured in part here, by Pietro Bembo and published by Aldus Manutius in the 1490s. Aldus Manutius, Pietro Bembo The semicolon has ...

The semicolon is used to indicate a pause, usually between two main clauses, that needs to be more pronounced than the pause of a comma. The hybrid between a colon and a comma, it is often considered ...