Book description
'Fascinating... I loved this book; I really did' David Crystal, Spectator
A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules.
Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And that…
Why read it?
1 author picked Semicolon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is such a different kind of book, and genuinely, one that really should be very boring; how much is there to say about a punctuation mark? But instead, it’s totally winning. The story of the semi-colon, and that of the authors who loved (and hated) it, is a delightful romp through history and literature.
Watson herself is a “reformed grammar fetishist” and approaches her topic with real curiosity while she probes our collective obsession with grammar.
From Deirdre's list on good books about seemingly boring things.
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