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American English Grammar
Semicolon
Learning objectives
In this lesson you will learn the definition of a semicolon and study the usage of semicolons.
Definition of a semicolon
  • A semicolon looks like this:

;

  • A semicolon is:
  • used to join two sentences more closely than they would be joined if separated by a period
Usage of semicolons
  • I am alone; my wife had to leave.
  • I traveled to London, England; Tijuana, Mexico; and Reykjavik, Iceland.
  • Lisa scored 2,570,845,770 points; Marcia, 2,395,312,860; and John, 1,984,726,640.


































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