Use of the semicolon, the ";" symbol.
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Understanding independent clauses
My understanding is that semicolons are used to separate independent clauses of a sentence, and also to delimit a list wherein one or more members contain a comma.
Regarding the first usage, my ...
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Can you use a semicolon after an interjection/exclamation?
The usual form for using interjections involves following them with a comma, period, or exclamation point. For example...
"Well, I honestly have no idea."
"Dude! Where's my car!"
"Wow. I have ...
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What are the rules on when to use commas, colons, semicolons and dashes?
What are the rules on when to use commas, colons, semicolons and dashes?
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Should I reformat this sentence? [closed]
I kind of feel like the first comma in the sentence below should be a semi-colon. Does anything else in there read funny?
As you’ll see in my enclosed resume, I
have the educational background,
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Is it proper usage to replace a comma in a list with a semi-colon in this situation (see details)?
While writing a proposal at work today I needed to mention a list of things and within that list were multi-part items. It seems like replacing the comma with a semi-colon in this situation would make ...
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Should the second part of a semicolon-separated sentence be capitalised?
In another question this example of semicolon usage is given:
When dinosaurs agree on something, they often high-five one another; dinosaurs are all about high-fives.
However, I have also seen ...
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When should one use the comma versus the semicolon, and vice versa?
I cannot understand the difference between the comma and semicolon. Can you please clarify?
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Colons and semi-colons
I've seen a few questions on this site relating to semi-colons, which I believe I correctly understand, but what I'm not as clear about is colons. For example:
The man ate the apple; it tasted ...
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Should I use a semicolon or a dash to connect two closely related sentences?
When you want to connect two closely related sentences, you can use a semicolon or a dash. (You can also use a dash for other kinds of non-sentential relations). How would you choose whether to use a ...
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How does one correctly use a semicolon?
How does one correctly use a semicolon? It is probably one of the more difficult punctuation marks to master in my opinion.
