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I notice you tend to use semicolons more than anyone else I know. Is that also an affectation? I mean, are you sometimes reformulating your thoughts in order to
by pen2l 7y ago
I notice you tend to use semicolons more than anyone else I know. Is that also an affectation? I mean, are you sometimes reformulating your thoughts in order to avail yourself to the opportunity of using a semicolon? Because me, rarely does a thought come to me in a way which would be best communicated with the usage of a semicolon, but maybe that's just me and my thinking style.
- jjeaff 7y agoSemicolon usage could be an affectation or preference; it is generally used in place of a regular conjunction like "but" or "and". There isn't any usage that I can think of where it would be the only "correct" way to write something; it's stronger than a comma but weaker than a period. (I don't ever use semicolons normally. Was just trying to show some examples.)
- tptacek 7y agoNope. I'm just not a very good writer. How I know that's not an affectation is that I can't remember ever once thinking about using a semicolon; they just happen.