The age-old semicolon is dying out as Britons admit to never or rarely using the punctuation mark, a study has found.

The poor, misunderstood semicolon is under threat. Helen Coffey laments its decline and makes the case for re-educating ...

The punctuation mark is sometimes taken as a sign of affected elitism. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Experts believe that the semicolon (;) is in danger of becoming extinct from the English language because of its lack of use.

The Apostrophe Protection Society is going along very strongly; perhaps we need a Semicolon Supporting Society?

A recent study indicates a significant decline in semicolon usage over the past two decades, continuing a long-term trend.

A semicolon brings a touch of class to ... even full stops became passé. Why use a boring dot to end a sentence when you could shrug, scream, or roll your eyes? Why would you want to replace ...

A new study has found that use of semicolons has declined by half over the last couple of decades. Once known as the ...