Have you ever glimpsed a small semicolon tattoo on someone’s wrist? While it may seem like an ordinary punctuation mark, the semicolon tattoo represents a symbolic movement far beyond basic grammar.

FARGO – A semicolon is a punctuation mark that indicates a pause between clauses. But for a growing number of people, it means much more. I'm one of them, and many others in the area join me. In ...

Who knew a dot and a comma could mean so much? Sure, grammarians love their punctuation, and the debate over the semicolon's place between independent clauses in a long sentence has been the bane of ...