diff --git a/remix/README b/remix/README
index e251262..ee9fe3c 100644
--- a/remix/README
+++ b/remix/README
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
-TODO add ; as #%semicolon that adds ()s between occurrences
-
 TODO add syntax property for def transformer on RHS (for function call
 results, alloc, etc)
 
-TODO maybe add , as special
-
-TODO #%dot is extensible transformer
-
-(struct posn ((complex x) y))
-
-(define (f (posn p))
- p.x.real-part)
-
-p.x.real-part
-(#%dot (#%dot p x) real-part)
-(let ([(complex tmp) (posn-x p)])
- (#%dot tmp real-part))
-
 (define (from-origin x) : posn
   (posn x x))
 
@@ -24,20 +8,10 @@ p.x.real-part
 
 (begin a (from-origin 5)).x
 
+TODO #%dot app syntax differently
+
 obj.(move 5 6)
 
-(define (f (cons x y))
- stuff)
-(define (f (a-cons p))
- stuff)
-
-(define (f [: b box])
- stuff)
-(define (f box.b)
- stuff)
-(define (f (box x))
- stuff)
-
 TODO robby's request
 
 (haskell-style
diff --git a/remix/core.rkt b/remix/core.rkt
index d1474de..6de29c9 100644
--- a/remix/core.rkt
+++ b/remix/core.rkt
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
 (provide (rename-out
           [remix-module-begin #%module-begin])
          #%semi
+         unquote
          require)
diff --git a/remix/semi.rkt b/remix/semi.rkt
index abc60d0..7a00a32 100644
--- a/remix/semi.rkt
+++ b/remix/semi.rkt
@@ -9,17 +9,13 @@
   (define-syntax-class not-semi
     #:literals (#%semi unquote)
     (pattern (~and (~not #%semi)
-                   (~not (unquote #%semi)))))
+                   (~not (unquote . _)))))
   (define-splicing-syntax-class semi-piece
     #:literals (#%semi unquote)
     #:attributes (it)
-    (pattern (~seq #%semi it))
+    (pattern (unquote it))
     (pattern (~seq sp:not-semi ... #%semi)
-             #:attr it #'(sp ...))
-    (pattern (~seq sp:not-semi ... (~and uqs (unquote #%semi)))
-             #:attr it
-             (with-syntax ([semi-#%braces (datum->syntax #'uqs '#%braces)])
-               #'(semi-#%braces sp ...))))
+             #:attr it #'(sp ...)))
   (define-splicing-syntax-class semi-seq
     #:attributes ([semi-form 1] [tail-form 1])
     (pattern (~seq s:semi-piece ... tail-form:not-semi ...)
diff --git a/remix/stx0.rkt b/remix/stx0.rkt
index 0c884e4..dbff74f 100644
--- a/remix/stx0.rkt
+++ b/remix/stx0.rkt
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
              (syntax->list
               #'(output ...)))])))
 
-(define-syntax (the-#%braces stx)
+(define-syntax (#%braces stx)
   (syntax-parse stx
     [(_ input-tokens ...)
      (shunting-yard:consume-input
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
       empty
       empty)]))
 
-(define-syntax (#%braces stx)
+(define-syntax (block-#%braces stx)
   (syntax-parse stx
     [(_ s:semi-seq)
      (syntax-case #'(s.semi-form ...) ()
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@
          (rename-out [... …]) ;; \ldots
          #%datum
          quote
-         unquote
          module
          module*
          module+
diff --git a/remix/tests/simple.rkt b/remix/tests/simple.rkt
index 5d4a323..cd186fc 100644
--- a/remix/tests/simple.rkt
+++ b/remix/tests/simple.rkt
@@ -8,17 +8,15 @@ require remix/stx0
         remix/num/gen0;
 ;; A semi introduces a set of parens to its left
 
-;; If there is nothing to its left, then it ;-quotes what is to its
-;; right and makes it not introduce a set of parens
+;; As usual `unquote` escapes from its context, in the case of a
+;; semi-sequence, this means that the term is not wrapped.
+,(module+ test
+   ;; This introduces ≡ as a testing form
 
-;
-(module+ test
-  ;; This introduces ≡ as a testing form
-
-  ;; XXX Drop this and instead have a macro for writing down
-  ;; properties that communicates with boolean forms, etc. Supports ∀,
-  ;; etc.
-  (require remix/test0))
+   ;; XXX Drop this and instead have a macro for writing down
+   ;; properties that communicates with boolean forms, etc. Supports ∀,
+   ;; etc.
+   (require remix/test0))
 
 ;; define is replaced with def
 def z 42;
@@ -30,9 +28,8 @@ def x
  (def a 40)
  (def b 2)
  (+ a b) ;
-;
-(module+ test
-  {x ≡ 42})
+,(module+ test
+   {x ≡ 42})
 
 ;; If you would like to use ;-syntax in the inside of def, then you
 ;; need more punctuation. You have two choices.
@@ -40,25 +37,20 @@ def x2
  [def a 40;
   def b 2;
   (+ a b)];
-;
-(module+ test
-  {x2 ≡ 42})
+,(module+ test
+   {x2 ≡ 42})
 
 def x3
- {def a 40;
+ [def a 40;
   def b 2;
-  a + b};
-;
-(module+ test
-  {x3 ≡ 42})
+  {a + b}];
+,(module+ test
+   {x3 ≡ 42})
 
-;; If the kind of delimiters you want ; to introduce are {}s, then use
-;; ,;
 def x4
- {a := 40,;
-  b := 2,;
-  a + b};
-;
+ [,{a := 40}
+  def b 2 ;
+  {a + b}];
 (module+ test
   {x4 ≡ 42})