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semicolon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | punctuation, punctuation mark |
Examples of semicolon
semicolon
The presence of an extra semicolon was not permitted in early versions of Pascal.
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End each element with a semicolon, and with a period instead for the last element.
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Also, try a semicolon before the but, if the two sentences are sufficiently linked.
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Multiple possibilities for the same stage are shown separated by a semicolon.
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Ben Jonson was the first notable English writer to use the semicolon systematically.
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As far as punctuation goes, it looked more like a semicolon than an exclamation point.
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Each element should end with a semicolon, with a period instead for the last element.
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If you think a semicolon is a regular colon with an identity crisis, I will not hire you.
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And yes, a semicolon is better than a period, since the two halves are so closely linked.
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- A punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
- The semicolon ( ; ) is a punctuation mark with several uses. The Italian printer Aldus Manutius the Elder established the practice of using the semicolon mark to separate words of opposed meaning, and to indicate interdependent statements. ...
- The punctuation mark ';'
- (Semicolons) Transvestite hermaphrodites, representing exactly nothing. All they do is suggest you might have gone to college.
- N. the standard character that is called ``semicolon'' (;). See Figure 2-5.
- A semi-colon has a special meaning in Pd, therefore its also an atom
- A punctuation mark which indicates a pause longer than a comma, but shorter than a colon
- A semicolon indicates the equivalent of two commas, so that it is one-half eDuppu or two additional aksharakaalas. Thus if srgm becomes s;m then sa is first one count but in the second phrase it takes 3 counts
- A punctuation mark used to separate two parts of a compound sentence when they are not connected by a conjunction.
