The Semi-colon.

Why is it that no one uses semi-colons anymore? I feel very out of place using my favorite punctuation mark in a world where it has become almost obsolete. Periods make writings look choppy, while commas can make a sentence seem long and unreadable. The semi-colon is perfect because it breaks up a run-on sentence while still keeping a good flow, without the finality of a period. While working at a newspaper over the summer, some of the editors attacked me for daring to use semi-colons, while others embraced what it brought to my writing. Our society so often misuses commas; proper semi-colon placement could fix all of that.