How to Not Embarrass Yourself When You Use Colons and Semicolons
by Stephen Johnson from Lifehacker on (#5YKZS)
Colons and semicolons are the indie rock of punctuation marks. They're not mainstream-popular like the period. They aren't obvious and eager-to-please like the exclamation mark. They're not everywhere like the comma. But the colon and the semicolon have passion. They're quirky, snobby, and sometimes prickly. These...