semicolons are not only for formal essays and anyone who tells you otherwise wants to deprive you of the second most satisfying punctuation mark; do NOT believe them. i promise they get no bitches

miss girl

Does anybody care anymore?

As an English teacher, can you give a brief explanation of what the hell semi colons are???? I've never seen them in the wild I swear. (The comic is amazing btw and I LOVE your art style)

I CAN DO THAT YES

Alright, so what ARE semicolons (;)? They look like a colon (:). But with a comma (,) on the bottom! That's weird.

The weirder thing is - they are neither commas nor colons.

So what ARE semicolons?

They're fancy periods!

Semicolons link two full sentences - or two clauses which COULD be full sentences, but for whatever reason decided to get married. 

You should be using a semicolon in places where you COULD end a sentence with a period, but you don’t want to. You want two sentences together - because they’re continuing the idea, or expanding on something. 

They’re also used for some forms of lists, but I’m assuming that’s not really what you were asking about.

When NOT to use a semicolon - when you have an incomplete clause (one or two of them).

Hope that helps! :)

The final poem in my collection is called “semicolon.” At the start of a new year, maybe my own reminder is something to share.

240413 17 is right here – carat reward

Alright y'all it's been a fun competition, but I have to announce that I'm deleting all the polls and making an executive decision that 🥁🥁🥁

🔥SEMICOLON WILL BE DECLARED LETTER OF THE YEAR🔥

This is no longer a democracy, semicolon wins, no one cares about S or A or X or L, I can't believe you guys let semicolon lose in the very first round and I've had enough so semicolon takes the dub, thank you everyone, I'll see you next year for the 2024 letter of the year competition

keep going

Nowy tatuaż ;(:

friends at the table fans are absolutely the most insufferable type of fan. no question about it. we KNOW we're insufferable too, and very loud about it. the niche we have carved ourselves is too great. a PODCAST (hard media for people to get into) about playing ROLEPLAYING GAMES (weirdo nerd interest to get into) and not even the mainstream ttrpgs but the indie ones that 75% of the already niche weirdo subculture don't know about, and every season is about insane gay people and grappling with huge philosophical concepts and the world changing and also freaky weird shit like a guy who is all bees and mechs that keep you alive for a hundred years. and yet its the best media you could ever consume and you desperately need other people to talk to about it otherwise the little bugs in your brain will DIE. of course we'll fight a war with the shrek cats and be fucking insane about it. of course we will

Semicolons save me…semicolons…save me semicolons

240413 17 is right here – carat reward

Think of semicolons as “fancy periods.” Essentially, their job is to connect two sentences together.

For example,

Henry is falling asleep at work 😴; he needs to get himself a cup of coffee. 

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