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Around the Web: Conquering the semicolon
Shared by Tommy Thomason on July 7, 2010
Newswriting
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The Oatmeal
If you have reporters (or maybe even yourself, but I'll never tell) who have trouble knowing when to use a comma and when to use a semicolon, check out this hilarious explanation. It's well-illustrated and it answers questions some folk have had since eighth grade. Of course, in journalism we don't use that many semicolons -- periods and new sentences often work better. But check this out anyway; you'll enjoy it; I promise. (Three in one sentence; are you impressed?)
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Tommy Thomason
Director at Texas Center for Community Journalism
Tommy Thomason is the founding director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism. Thomason began his career in journalism in the early 1970s with the Associated Press, working as a sportswriter in Arkadelphia and Little Rock, Ark. He has also worked in public relations in Dallas and as a...