Semicolon Abuse

Dr. Who spots a misused semicolon

In a lot of technical material, it's very common for items to be introduced and listed in point form, for example:

• Point 1
• Point 2

Did you notice I introduced those two points with a colon?

I've lost count the number of times I've seen this instead;

• How can I hear you
• When you offended me with that semicolon?

There. I feel better now.

So please remember, hold down that shift key when pressing the button that has the colon/semicolon.

I found this site of a lovely man who is doing a good thing for the apostrophe, The Apostrophe Preservation Society.