Monday smile – Mastering the semicolon

… or in other words “From the Venetian Renaissance to the winky-eye emoticon”. 😉

An edifying and amusing, but at the same time crystal clear explanation of how to use the semicolon by Mary Norris, copyeditor at The New Yorker.

Enjoy!

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hat tip copyHat tip to John Evans for making me aware of the above.

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