Ameel Khan on Nostr: I love semicolons and use them all the time – almost as much as I use en-dashes. In ...

I love semicolons and use them all the time – almost as much as I use en-dashes. In the UK, however, semicolon usage is in decline, which makes sense given sentences seem to have gotten shorter alongside our average attention spans.

Also, I scored 10/10 in the Guardian's semicolons quiz 🙂

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/18/marked-decline-semicolon-use-english-books-study-suggests?CMP=share_btn_url