Jan 29 2010
How to Use Semicolons: A Comic!
I don’t know what is geekiest: that someone did a comic about how to use semicolons, that I linked to it, or that I have a punctuation category.
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When you said “a comic about semicolons” , I knew you were talking ’bout The Oatmeal…
I doubt that there’s another. At least, I hope not. Otherwise the geekiness overload would cause my face to peel off.