Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their . . . A recent study has found a 50% decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades The decline accelerates a longterm trend: In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every
Semicolon Usage in British Literature Drops Nearly 50% Since . . . Semicolon usage in British literature has declined from once every 205 words in 2000 to once every 390 words today, representing a nearly 50% drop, according to analysis commissioned by language learning company Babbel The punctuation mark appeared once every 90 words in British literature from 1781, making the current frequency the lowest on
Lifeless literature: The decline of reading amougst today’s . . . Graph shows a sharp decline in the number of books read through the grades From the soliloquies of Shakespeare to the descriptions of Dickens, students face a daunting and often uninteresting workload in English
English literature’s last stand - New Statesman The screen is replacing the book Studies show dramatic and unprecedented drops in literacy and reading, especially among teenagers A recent survey by the National Literacy Trust found time spent reading books “at a historic low” In this environment, the study of literature is far from an obvious use of three crucial years of young adulthood
literature dying off as an artform? : r literature - Reddit literature dying off as an artform? my friend recently made the claim that contemporary lit (defined as 2010-now) is getting worse; her answer is that there are no big names or literary movements for our current era that defined past decades, and there's not much hope for future writers, either
NEA Finds Worrying Drop in Reading Participation Taking literature as a whole, which for the NEA includes novels, short stories, poetry, and plays, the decline in the share of men reading was more pronounced, down 5 7 percentage points from