Do you ever use semicolons? [I Hate Bad Grammar]

Do you use them regularly in everyday writing/texting or only when writing a paper?

They are perhaps the least-understood punctuation mark.

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helenS · 36-40, F

I like the semicolon, and I use it quite frequently. The semicolon links two sentences to each other, whereas the period ("full stop"!) separates them; that's why the semicolon is a useful punctuation mark.

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@helenS Yep. Once I learned how to properly use it, I realized it was very useful.