tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17703880.post4519593986708127099..comments2023-05-03T06:52:31.252-05:00Comments on Fort Worth Blogorrhea: SemicolonStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10022956841251987737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17703880.post-22501981210397855622008-04-06T09:54:00.000-05:002008-04-06T09:54:00.000-05:00No dice on your usage in paragraph two. The semico...No dice on your usage in paragraph two. The semicolon should be used to connect what could be two complete sentences, so your sentence doesn't qualify. <BR/><BR/>Have you read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"? If you haven't, you should. There's a whole chapter on the semicolon (it's a short book).MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481514748318770741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17703880.post-18448762104951393832008-04-05T18:54:00.000-05:002008-04-05T18:54:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment, Bruce. I was expecting th...Thanks for the comment, Bruce. I was expecting the comment about design, and I've done a little research to no effect. The major punctuation marks (comma, apostrophe, and period) are placed very well and don't require a shift. To my mind, the colon and question mark are probably the next most frequently used, but they require a shift. They share a key with the much less used semicolon and forward slash.<BR/><BR/>Keep in mind I'm focusing on the semicolon as used exclusively in writing. I'm a confident badass with the semicolon when it comes to lists of email addressees and other computer related tasks.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022956841251987737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17703880.post-79773815857793921692008-04-05T17:02:00.000-05:002008-04-05T17:02:00.000-05:00As far as the placement on the keyboard, you have ...As far as the placement on the keyboard, you have to remember the qwerty keyboard was designed to slow down the typist... they were trying to avoid the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwerty" REL="nofollow">typebars</A> jamming.<BR/><BR/>As for use, I use it mainly in technical writing to separate lists of items.BruceHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358262718404724773noreply@blogger.com