Do you use semicolons?

[William]

You know, this thing ;

 

[Chocolate Wombat]

Since I have a tendency to be overly verbose I'm trying to wean myself off of them. Normally I use them when writing a sentence that is becoming too convoluted for a comma and the components are technically part of the same thought; this gives a pause for the sake of the reader while also connecting both parts of a longer thought I'm trying to convey.

It's honestly better to just write shorter sentences.

 

[Moths]

Why half ass it with a semiclon
Use a full colon

 

[teriyakiburns]

I use them often; sometimes correctly.

 

[Fascist Frederick]

semicolonUse = true;

 

[Troonos]

Yes, and I use them correctly, unlike this annoying MD at work who uses them in place of periods in her notes.

 

[XYZpdq]

I use them for ;_; or ;_;7 emotes.
But yeah nearly all of my writing is with intention of reading it out loud, some basic list, a sign at work of "DON'T FLOOD THE TOILET" etc, or is some stupid online shit so fuck real puncuation lolololol.
I think I knew what they actually did back in high school.

 

[DankSmoker]

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Kurt Vonnegut also wrote a story about pleasuring your asshole with a drainpipe.

 

[Aunt Carol]

I use way too many semicolons and I'm trying not to. There isn't a prize for not starting a new sentence, and after a couple of clauses you lose readability.

The charting system at work has semicolons locked out because the lowest-bidder devs couldn't figure out how to sanitize their inputs; it makes my narrative notes get all Hemingway, but it's probably good practice.

 

[Stickfigure]

I've only just joined the forums and this is what I find. I'm glad :3 (also, what's with the hideous emojis and how the heck do I disable them)
Semicolons are wonderful; their presence brings a feeling of meaningful elaboration into a sentence that you normally wouldn't get

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

No, I use my entire colon. The use of a semi colon is for homosexuals and communists.