Semicolon use is down, and its slide is making headlines. In the U.S., these punctuation marks are appearing in published ...

What punctuation mark does Gen Z dislike? It’s the semicolon. According to the study, there’s been a steep drop in semicolon use—from once every 205 words in 2000 to once every 390 words in ...

There's one punctuation mark Gen Z wants you to stop using. Here's what it is—and why it's falling out of favor.

Could the Semicolon Die Out? Recent Analysis Finds a Decline in Its Usage in British Literature and Confusion Among U.K. Students Not only are semicolons evidently becoming more rare, but young ...

Love or detest it, the semicolon is the most divisive punctuation mark of the modern era. Should we even care?

Seeing a semicolon is becoming increasingly rare; it seems that writers—especially young ones—don't understand how to use them. Instances of the misunderstood piece of punctuation in English ...

Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their disappearance should be resisted A recent study has found a 50 per cent decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades.

Using Google Ngram Viewer, a tool developed with Harvard University to spot writing patterns over time, Babbel found that in 1781, the semicolon appeared once every 90 written words.

Using Google Ngram Viewer, a tool developed with Harvard University to spot writing patterns over time, Babbel found that in 1781, the semicolon appeared once every 90 written words. By 2005, it was ...

She adds, “Since around the year 2000, which is roughly when Gen Z was born, semicolon use in books has dropped significantly.” 28% of younger people reported never using a semicolon at all ...