When can I use a semicolon?
Instead of a comma when two or mroe independent clauses meet. For example, "It's almost five o'clock; we cannot reach home before dark.
When you join two sentences and the second sentence begins with a conjunctive adverb (e.g., "however") or an transitionary phrase (e.g., "in fact").
In really complicated lists with lots of other punctuation, you can use the semicolon in place of a comma.
Which resources did you use to find the solution? Were the resources useful?
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Overview of punctuation from OWL from Purdue
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Easy to read. |
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| Punctuation from UEfAP |
Exercises too |
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Chapter 9 "Comma Sutra" The Joys of Punctuation (p. 139)
in Woe is I by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Funny. |
Yes -- excellent chapter! |
| Punctuation made simple by Gary A. Olson |
Comprehensive |
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Extra: Article from the New York Times Celebrating the semicolon in an unlikely location
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