It begins with a squinting of the eyes. Hm. A semicolon. You approach it with caution. Ok, I can do this. One dot, plus a comma. There. No, wait. That doesn’t look quite right. The questions begin: ...

Colons and semicolons are the indie rock of punctuation marks. They’re not mainstream-popular like the period. They aren’t obvious and eager-to-please like the exclamation mark. They’re not everywhere ...

Have you ever glimpsed a small semicolon tattoo on someone’s wrist? While it may seem like an ordinary punctuation mark, the semicolon tattoo represents a symbolic movement far beyond basic grammar.

Some tattoos have more meaning than others. — -- A tattoo is often something to regret later on in life. But a simple semi-colon tattoo that's blowing up on social media won't likely ever be ...

It is a piece of punctuation that has divided writers and authors for centuries. Novelists including Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen have not shied away from using them, but that has not stopped ...

The semicolon has been described as a “graceful pause” in writing. But this graceful punctuation mark is being forgotten.

If you have seen someone with a semicolon tattoo, you may not be aware of the meaning behind the symbol. It's a constant reminder that there is support, someone out there who understands and that ...