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I don't use semicolons as much as I should because so many people now just don't understand them.

@lauren
Have you been misunderstood because of a semicolon?

Lauren Weinstein

@windy How would I know how of my readers misunderstood something unless one happened to say something that indicated they misunderstood something.

@lauren
I was just wondering how you know "so many people now just don't understand" semicolons. But forget it, not important.

@windy There's have been studies about it. That's the main reason they're not commonly used today.

@lauren
Thanks for bringing my attention to this trivial and yet interesting piece of style. I just got myself the book "Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark"