comma

Because, in the final analysis, what is often mistaken for a periodis really just a comma.Thank you.

the words, "and," "but," "for," "nor," "or," "so," and "yet."That's a comma's place, in fact.But a semicolon can replace a conjunction to shorten a sentence

["Please, could you expel, or, at least, restrain,the comma-maniac, on your editorial staff?"](Laughter)

It may seem like the semicolon is struggling with an identity crisis.It looks like a comma crossed with a period.Maybe that's why we toss these punctuation marks around like grammatical confetti.

seems to essentially have been eradicated.I think this is the desired result," comma, yes, question mark.(Laughter)