The Writer's Digest guide to proper semicolon use

An easy way to avoid language missteps is to just not use the word or punctuation mark in question, if that’s possible.

With a semicolon, as Robert Lee Brewer points out, simply keeping your sentences and lists short is completely feasible.

But why not take a few minutes to understand proper semicolon usage — and bookmark the handy guide that Brewer provides at Writer's Digest — instead?

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