Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American woman, and in the poem "On Being Brought from African to America" she engages in a quiet, cultural rebellion with the use of a single comma.
I've had a few students ask me about semicolons in the past week. I am sure they are not alone in wondering how to use them, and why we use them the way we do.
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American woman, and in the poem "On Being Brought from African to America" she engages in a quiet, cultural rebellion with the use of a single comma.