| Learning
objectives |
In
this lesson you will learn the
definition of a semicolon and study the usage of
semicolons. |
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| 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
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| 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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