Punctuation in Order of Difficulty: Why We Should Fear Commas More than Semicolons
Punctuation matters. It provides rhythm and cadence to our sentences. It gives our words and phrases rhetorical emphasis, power, and pith. Most importantly, perhaps, punctuation provides clarity; it makes distinctions, separates ideas, and…it gives dramatic pauses. But so many fear the punctuation marks. They only use what’s familiar: the periods,
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