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My husband never uses commas for the same reason, lol.

@MrsBrewer: A semicolon separates two clauses that could each stand on their own as sentences, while a comma should never glue together two sentences!

@artbee: hahaha love it

@regberadaisy: Err....maybe someone else can explain that one. I know one reason I use a semicolon is for variety; it keeps sentences from all looking choppy. (<---example there)

I never use the semicolon, either! I am an exclamation point addict, though. I always have to go back through my post to change them to periods because I sound way too enthusiastic.

I get confused on when to use quotation marks (") and the apostrophe (') when quoting what someone has said. Is it " "for verbatim and ' ' for paraphrasing? I have no idea.

I have a SIL who has absolutely zero idea how to use punctuation; she just throws punctuation marks (and random capitalization) in anywhere and everywhere! Ex: We just went shopping, for baby girl!!...some lovely Blankets...great quality! - and a Hat!...

It pains my eyes.

I never use the semicolon.

I would say semi-colons and colons as a whole are under used in our society.

I'm terrible at grammar all together so I probably dont' use any punctuation enough.

I love this thread. I don't think any mark is underused, but so many are used incorrectly!