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The OWL at Purdue University ... Browse OWL Resources ... We're working hard to revise, update, and place all of our existing and new material into this new version of the site.
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owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_overvw.html
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Rule 1. Use a semicolon in place of a period to separate two sentences where the conjunction has been left out. ... Examples: Call me tomorrow; I will give you my answer then. ... Are you ready for the Semicolons and Colons quiz?
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www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/semicolons.asp
www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/semicolons.asp
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Semicolon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A semicolon ( ; ) is a conventional punctuation mark with several uses, mainly for pauses in sentences and breaks in lists. The Italian printer Aldus Manutius the Elder established the practice ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon
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I have grown fond of semicolons in recent years. . . . It is almost always a greater pleasure to come across a semicolon than a period. The period tells you that that is that; if you didn't get all the meaning you wanted or expected, anyway you got all the writer intended to parcel out and now you have to move along.
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm
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Sometimes semicolons are accompanied by conjunctive adverbs – words such as however, moreover, therefore, nevertheless, consequently, as a result. ...
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ppt/semi2.pps
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Discusses the various uses of the semicolon in writing, with examples and comments. ... Similarly, the next two sentences are also contrasting with each other ("never was a sport" versus "stern reality") and are also joined with semicolons.
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www.virtualsalt.com/semicoln.htm
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LEO: Literacy Education Online ... The following rules and examples will help you know when and where to use the semicolon as a punctuation mark. ... Use a semicolon to combine two very closely related complete sentences.
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leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/semicolon.html
leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/semicolon.html
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Another use of semicolons:; We are opening new branches in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Missoula, Montana; and Moscow, Idaho. The members of the committee include Jim Jensen, architect ; Bob Hanson, civil engineer ; Greg Cook, electrical engineer ;
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www.class.uidaho.edu/adv_tech_wrt/resources/sentence_st...
www.class.uidaho.edu/adv_tech_wrt/resources/sentence_style/semicolons.htm
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Below are four examples of the effective use of semicolons to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence. In each of the examples, notice that the independent clauses separated by a semicolon have a very close thematic and grammatical relationship to one another.
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www.harpercollege.edu/writ_ctr/semicol1.html
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