On Punctuation

It was recently brought to my attention that this blog is somewhat lacking in semicolon usage. I’m kind of a grammar nerd, so I took this accusation quite seriously and immediately moved to verify it. It’s true; prior to this post there were only four semicolons appearing on the main page. That pales in comparison to the dash count of seven (if you include the em-dash I used to attribute that Twain quote). I used to use semicolons a lot, so I’m not really sure why this is the case. Perhaps I’ve been subconsciously limiting myself? In any case, I intend to rectify the situation by guaranteeing at least one semicolon per post from now on—and feel free to call me out on it if I don’t. You’ll probably see at least that many dashes used as well—what can I say? I’m a dash fan.

Now I feel like I have to force a semicolon in here to finish the post, so I may have to get creative. I guess this is the best I can do for now; I hope that will appease the semicolon gods for the time being.