Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

by Cecelia Watson

Book Overview

"Delightful." --Mary Norris, The New Yorker

A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation mark

The semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062853058
• ISBN13: 9780062853059
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.2"