The correct version, using a comma, would be “Judy jogged on the pavement, but it wasn’t good for her knees.” Of course, if ...

Colons and semicolons are the indie rock of punctuation marks. They’re not mainstream-popular like the period. They aren’t obvious and eager-to-please like the exclamation mark.

New research indicates that students have issues with the semi-colon and usage in writing down nearly 50% in 20 years ...

The semicolon has been described as a "graceful pause" in writing. But this graceful punctuation mark is being forgotten.

The age-old semicolon is dying out as Britons admit to never or rarely using the punctuation mark, a study has found. In English-written 19th century literature it appeared once in every 205 words ...

Semicolon use is down, and its slide is making headlines. In the U.S., these punctuation marks are appearing in published ...

Another advantage of the semi-colon is that it makes the reader pause slightly more than a comma would, sometimes to dramatic effect. Virginia Woolf’s use of the mark has been widely noted, and seldom ...

All editing styles agree that you need just one space after a colon, regardless of what type of information follows. But they don't agree on when to capitalize. According to the Associated Press ...

In her original post, Edelman provided a useful rule for choosing between a colon and a semicolon: “If you’re introducing a concept or idea (often not a complete sentence): colon. If you’re ...

Writers can misuse or overuse hyphens, em dashes, colons and, to some editors' disgust, semicolons. Using a period is a simple solution.