Channel: Answer in Progress

Category: Education

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Description: Head to squarespace.com/answerinprogress to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ANSWERINPROGRESS. Ever wonder how to use a semicolon? Ever sit in English class and wonder why there are so many rules about grammar and punctuation? In this video, Sabrina explores the origin of the semicolon and the evolution of English grammar. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz Thank you to Hansen, Julián, Keslen, Melissa, Nicole, Peter, and Tom for talking to me about punctuation! MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today. share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Sabrina continues to be illiterate 01:43 im as surprised as you are that Tom Scott is here 03:25 Research Montage Baybeee 03:50 The Origin of the Semicolon 05:27 The Downfall of Punctuation 07:30 Why The Semicolon Got Unlucky 08:42 Sabrina would like to fight one (1) prescriptivist 09:17 What's the Point of Punctuation 12:05 Paying the Bills ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! The past, present, and future walked into a bar... it was tense. Leave a comment with the word TENSE to let me know you were here ;-)