Thread: Semicolon vs. Period?
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Old 12-07-2011, 12:10 PM   #29
Suzanna
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They just seem so Victorian lit to me. I can't help it. I stop each and every time I see a semicolon in a contemporary novel. I wish I didn't.

(And to be completely contrary, I'll admit I'm a devotee of the Oxford Comma. )
Last edited by Suzanna; 12-07-2011 at 12:14 PM. Reason: To add the contrary bit.
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