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
Is The Semicolon Dying? Find Out How Well You Know This . . . In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every 90 words; by 2000, it had fallen to one every 205 words Today, there’s just one semicolon for every 390 words And it’s not just in books New survey data from Babbel reveals over half (54%) of UK students didn’t know when to replace a comma with a semicolon
Do you remember the last time you used a semi-colon? Heres . . . In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every 90 words; by 2000, it had fallen to one every 205 words Today, there’s just one semicolon for every 390 words Further research reported that 67 per cent of British students never or rarely use a semicolon; more than 50 per cent did not know how to use it
Language Log » De (semi)colonization In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every 90 words; by 2000, it had fallen to one every 205 words Today, there’s just one semicolon for every 390 words And it’s not just in books
Semicolons bring the drama; that’s why I love them Semicolons, thought to have been first used in 1494 by the Italian scholar and printer Aldus Pius Manutius the Elder, are forever damned by writer Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to avoid them