I... probably use semicolons more than I should. (Also ellipses. I just realized I can't actually spell that.)
Also, after reading an article about disused double-punctuation in 19th century prose (I believe it was in the collection "Ex Libris"), I began to adore the nuanced connections these markers afford. Stuff like " :...", ";..." and my favorite ";-". Emily Dickinson stuff. Why limit the range of the written word to describe the variety of expression we have available in our pauses in spoken speech?
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Date: 2006-04-27 07:22 pm (UTC)Also, after reading an article about disused double-punctuation in 19th century prose (I believe it was in the collection "Ex Libris"), I began to adore the nuanced connections these markers afford. Stuff like " :...", ";..." and my favorite ";-". Emily Dickinson stuff. Why limit the range of the written word to describe the variety of expression we have available in our pauses in spoken speech?
Microsoft Word hates me.