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    Posted: August 23 2014 at 16:47
When do you use semicolon, as i don't really know


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"Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."

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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

When do you use semicolon, as i don't really know


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Use a semicolon when you have two complete sentences and the second clarifies the first.  For example:

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Points: 34050 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2014 at 17:18
ahh, i saw it used by Robert L Stevensen in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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In addition to the uses already mentioned, a semicolon ~ and I'm talking writer's English, not academia ~  may also delineate between parts of a long sentence where commas are already being used frequently, i.e.:   "We saw jugglers, clowns, and magicians; Swilled beer and gobbled sausage by the beach; Watched the crabbers haul in their morning's catch of prawns, crayfish, and mussels; And generally had a very good time".
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It's a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a full-stop; it's like a dotted rest in music
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I often use semi-colons in sentences; therefore, I must not be Kurt Vonnegut.
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I don't use the semicolon -- but I do use the line thingy a lot.
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You wish. Wink
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Semicolon: the one to use when you're baking half a loaf. No need for the full kahuna.
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Semicolon is of extream value to me. Just not now.

I've always looked at the semicolon as a bridge to connect complete sentences when you don't want them to end; therefore, I could go on and on about the value of this little nugget.

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I like; to; use semicolons kind; of randomly; just; to irritate people.
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If your food is only partially digested, then you have a semicolon.
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It's a beheaded tadpole ; a tadpole with its head cut off
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

It's a beheaded tadpole ; a tadpole with its head cut off


A wink without a face.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

If your food is only partially digested, then you have a semicolon.

AKA "half-@$$ed job"?
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2014 at 15:44
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

If your food is only partially digested, then you have a semicolon.


If you don't have a semicolon, then your food is not only partially digested.
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