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Re:Writing, Briefly by allenbrunson on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @03:33PM (#188948)
kurt Vonnegut was rather famously against the use of semicolons. it made me rethink their usage. these days i'm more likely to use two sentences to convey the same idea.
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Re:Writing, Briefly by nazgulnarsil on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @05:08AM (#189400)
there are three ways to break up the flow of writing. . is to start an entirely new subject , is to stay on the same subject ; is somewhere in between, you're still on the same topic but have switched focus.

another way to think of it is conversationally. a period is a breath, a coma is a pause, a semi is a slightly longer pause.

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