Semicolon use surged over the next 200 years ... Through Project Semicolon, the punctuation is a symbol for suicide survivors, who could have ended their lives, but instead chose not to end ...

A full stop could often be used instead of a semicolon, but the effect on the reader would change. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the best of times; it was the worst ...

The symbol is common among survivors ... left financially compromised as a result of suicide. “Authors use the semicolon as a pause in a sentence. It’s not a period. It’s not the end ...