Uh, I use the semicolon. Those who want it gone can bite me. Lazy students, that is the real problem around here. Hey, Generation Z, get off your arses and actually learn how to write rather than trying to "text" your way through everything. I can't even enumerate how much I would love it if every graduating high school student was given a copy of Strunk & White's Elements of Style and were forced to read the darn thing. Bah!