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Meanings of semicolon in English
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Usage of semicolon in English
1
You cannot use a semicolon to avoid using braces for multiple statements.
2
It can be used as what might be called a serial semicolon.
3
Both the colon and semicolon are much less used now than formerly.
4
You might say it represents a semicolon in the story of the campaign.
5
Even a semicolon can convey a break in the cooking steps.
6
Here a semicolon with nothing after it indicates that there are no commands.
7
There are three official border crossings near Otay Mesa, semicolon.
8
There was a tiny scar above his right eyebrow shaped just like a semicolon.
9
The colon, semicolon, and note of admiration, were produced some time after the others.
10
The semicolon, for instance, is the Greek mark of interrogation.
11
The semicolon was invented in the Renaissance, by the printer Aldus Manutius in Venice.
12
In instances like the foregoing, many respectable punctuists employ the colon, instead of the semicolon.
13
What it means when you get to a semicolon, is that the sentence isn't over.
14
They were the period, the semicolon, the comma, the "interrogative," and the parenthesis.
15
A semicolon indicates the presence of a tertiary key.
16
Working on the copy desk is to okaying as the comma is to the semicolon.
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Semicolon through the time