Sunday, September 18, 2005

American English
I don't know; I like the semicolon.

1 comment:

Pete said...

They wanted you to pay? I didn't have to pay.

You're right that most folk are just confused about the semicolon. But how to explain the fate of the good ol' parens. Dashes, which are far less practical, litter the literary landscape, while parens go largely unused ('cept by smart guys like you and me).