Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their . . . semicolon use in English rose by 388% between 1800 and 2006, before falling by 45% over the next 11 years In 2017, however, it started a gradual recovery, with a 27% rise by 2022
Semicolon Usage Drops Dramatically, New Research Reveals A new study shows that semicolon usage has dropped dramatically over the past 25 years Commissioned by Babbel and supported by grammar expert Lisa McLendon, the research highlights a decrease in frequency from once every 205 words in 2000 to once every 390 words today Decline in Semicolon Usage Among British Students
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
Semicolon Usage Declines by Nearly Half in English Writing . . . Research commissioned by Babbel reveals a 47% decline in semicolon usage in English-language books since 2000, with a slight recovery of 27% between 2017 and 2022 Lisa McLendon’s study found that 67% of British students rarely or never use semicolons, and over half cannot apply them correctly
Semicolons Are in Decline; Usage Drops by 47% - DMM英会話 Language company Babbel found that between 2000 and 2022, semicolon usage decreased by 47% in English-language books In 2000, one semicolon was used every 205 words; by 2022, semicolons were used once every 390 words
Why does Google Ngrams show pronoun usage drop and rise over . . . The ratio of pronouns words goes down when the numerator (pronoun usage) goes down relative to the denominator (word count) This could be totally unrelated to pronoun usage, and better understood as overall wordiness in writing This topic requires a deep dive into word statistics –