Sunday, October 19, 2008

Are Semicolons Pretentious?

I just realized it's impossible to use a semicolon when you're writing with a casual tone; it comes off as pretentious. Right?

4 comments:

Ole Eichhorn said...

I use semicolons a lot. Does that say more about me, or about you? Tough to say...

I think of a semicolon as a semi-period; you sort of end the sentence, but not really, because you have more to say.

Liron Shapira said...

OK, I changed my mind; the ways I've used semicolons in my blog post and in this sentence are unpretentious.

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