And Michael Tomasello's book "Origins of Human Communication" has a sentence 261 words long that's more intelligible than many sentences one tenth its length.
Clarity hinges on structure and sense, and his line uses 11 semicolons – here, the right choice – to form a precisely executed parallelism.
Sometimes four short sentences are better than a single 140-word behemoth built with creaky semicolons and sticky tape.
Some writers profess to love semicolons, but if they're using them in place of colons then it's not true love
#Author #KurtVonnegut once said, "Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use #semicolons. All they do is show you've been to college."
That's #GoodAdvice.
Personally, I avoid them like the plague.
Semicolons are a bit of a misnomer arent they? Like, it’s really a colon with a tail.
It’s extra.
Extracolon.
@nathanalbert @nikodemus @juergen_hubert Agree. It’s a terrific way to provide a close link while maintaining separate sentences; I’m a big semicolon promoter and don’t think they’re too formal. #Semicolons
