Semicolon ;
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Topic: Semicolon ;
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Semicolon ;
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 16:47
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When do you use semicolon, as i don't really know
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 16:58
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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."
Kurt Vonnegut ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 17:16
Use a semicolon when you have two complete sentences and the second clarifies the first. For example: Being a member of Yes does not mean you can't be in other bands; Steve Howe has played in both Yes and Asia. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Icarium wrote:Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 17:18
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ahh, i saw it used by Robert L Stevensen in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 19:21
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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". ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 02:19
It's a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a full-stop; it's like a dotted rest in music ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 07:47
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I often use semi-colons in sentences; therefore, I must not be Kurt Vonnegut. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 07:53
| I don't use the semicolon -- but I do use the line thingy a lot. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 08:41
You wish. 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 10:54
| ture :*( |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 11:00
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Semicolon: the one to use when you're baking half a loaf. No need for the full kahuna. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 11:29
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.  ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 12:33
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I like; to; use semicolons kind; of randomly; just; to irritate people. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 13:10
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If your food is only partially digested, then you have a semicolon.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 15:59
It's a beheaded tadpole ; a tadpole with its head cut off 
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 22:55
A wink without a face. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 27 2014 at 08:29
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: September 21 2014 at 10:20
AKA "half-@$$ed job"? |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 15:44
If you don't have a semicolon, then your food is not only partially digested. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |