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Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their disappearance should be resisted

By Roslyn Petelin, Honorary Associate Professor in Writing, The University of Queensland

A recent study has found a 50% decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades. The decline accelerates a longterm trend:

In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every 90 words; by 2000, it had fallen to one every 205 words. Today, there’s just one semicolon for every 390 words.

Further research reported that 67%…

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