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  • Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights' was the first ever novel to employ the semi-colon within prose.

    • English* novel. It had been used regularly in German prose from as far back as the middle ages. It's use there was, however, somewhat different as it signified a much longer pause, specifically to allow the reader to have a number of high strength beers and pick a fight with the neighbouring city state. In German it was known as an umlout.
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