Should semi-colons be banned?

Obviously, I am in the nay camp; semi-colons are the most beautiful of punctuations.

However, what with the younger generation and their tiktocking, apping and what-not; their complete raping of written English, and adding to this nightmare: the American abuse of spelling, the poor old semi-colon is being brought into doubt!

So much so, that I can’t even pretend to know if the above sentence is actually written in proper English anymore.

Oh, woe is me!

So, politics aside for a debate: should the semi-colon be thrown in the garbage can of language-past? Or should it honoured as a much needed remnant of normality?
Perhaps it should just be used, because it is proper?

Let’s hear where you all stand!

It is rarely used. When I found out how to use it I found it irrelevant. The colon is good enough.

@shavixmir said
Obviously, I am in the nay camp; semi-colons are the most beautiful of punctuations.

However, what with the younger generation and their tiktocking, apping and what-not; their complete raping of written English, and adding to this nightmare: the American abuse of spelling, the poor old semi-colon is being brought into doubt!

So much so, that I can’t even pretend to kn ...[text shortened]... ormality?
Perhaps it should just be used, because it is proper?

Let’s hear where you all stand!

@Metal-Brain
The semicolon is a brilliant thing that serves a purpose fulfilled by no other punctuation mark; it definitely doesn't serve the same function as a colon.

I hope the semicolon will always be preserved; I shall use it until my dying day.

@shavixmir said
Obviously, I am in the nay camp; semi-colons are the most beautiful of punctuations.

However, what with the younger generation and their tiktocking, apping and what-not; their complete raping of written English, and adding to this nightmare: the American abuse of spelling, the poor old semi-colon is being brought into doubt!

So much so, that I can’t even pretend to kn ...[text shortened]... ormality?
Perhaps it should just be used, because it is proper?

Let’s hear where you all stand!

@teinosuke said
@Metal-Brain
The semicolon is a brilliant thing that serves a purpose fulfilled by no other punctuation mark; it definitely doesn't serve the same function as a colon.

I hope the semicolon will always be preserved; I shall use it until my dying day.

@shavixmir said
Obviously, I am in the nay camp; semi-colons are the most beautiful of punctuations.

However, what with the younger generation and their tiktocking, apping and what-not; their complete raping of written English, and adding to this nightmare: the American abuse of spelling, the poor old semi-colon is being brought into doubt!

So much so, that I can’t even pretend to kn ...[text shortened]... ormality?
Perhaps it should just be used, because it is proper?

Let’s hear where you all stand!

@metal-brain said
I only used it once or twice in my lifetime. It serves a very rare purpose that is hardly vital. If I substituted a colon few people would even notice.

@shallow-blue said
I am a computer programmer. I cannot do my work without the semi-colon.

@russ said
I concur. This whole web site is about 1% semicolon, if not more.

@shavixmir said
Computer monkeys aside… I mean, you’ve already ruined the left shift button on the modern keyboards…

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I like the semi-colon

Punctuation is a thing of beauty, only appreciated by folk who understand it; sadly, it's gone the way of the dinosaur and clean rivers.

@kewpie said
Punctuation is a thing of beauty, only appreciated by folk who understand it; sadly, it's gone the way of the dinosaur and clean rivers.

@shallow-blue said
Get a real computer, not that Chromebook bitty-box you're using. My left shift key [hidden]button? You going native, mate?[/hidden] works just fine.