The Semicolon is Ugly
/Why do I avoid, as much as possible, using the semicolon? Let me be plain: the semicolon is ugly, ugly as a tick on a dog’s belly. I pinch them out of my prose.
DONALD BARTHELME
Advice to Writers
ADVICE TO WRITERS
About ATW
Writerly wisdom of the ages collected by the author of Advice To Writers, The Big Book of Irony, and The Portable Curmudgeon.