The Demicolon Invented a mad Andorran monk in 1422. the demicolon is a versatile (if a bit showy) punctuation tool. While a semicolon can only connect two related-yet-independent clauses, a demicolon

The Demicolon
Invented a mad Andorran monk in
1422. the demicolon is a versatile (if a
bit showy) punctuation tool. While a
semicolon can only connect two
related-yet-independent clauses, a
demicolon can connect anything to
damn well anything else it pleases.
it calls all of semicolon’s
2
friends and leaves threatening voice-
mails on their answering machines.
Demicolon: connects an independent clause to another
independent clause, a dependent clause, an adverb, a picture of
a bear, the planet Neptune, some butions, your mother, etc.
Modern usage:
1: “Grammar is not cool.”
о
semicolon, better not
2. “Maybe this will change your
sleep tonight BOOM
1: “I retract my statement. Please become my surrogate father.”