semicolon

IPA: sɛmikˈoʊɫʌn

Examples of "semicolon" in Sentences

Please leave the semicolon alone.
A semicolon would be better there.
A comma here, a semicolon there...
And a semicolon wouldn't go amiss.
This is the shape of the semicolon.
But as it stands, this needs a semicolon.
Separate multiple roles with a semicolon.
A sentence is terminated with a semicolon.
Simply break with a full stop or a semicolon.
An alternative for is using the semicolon method.
As punctuation marks go, the semicolon is much misunderstood.
This semicolon is your own, personal Manzikert:; pseudonymous in nc says:
The most common way to use a semicolon is to connect two independent clauses.
Some people think — or hope — the semicolon is dying off in American prose as well.
Even the half-stop of a semicolon is too long a pause on the idea that they'll read your submission!
A semicolon is a tool, and sometimes, it seems to me, it is the only tool for a job; it creates a pause that just feels ... right.
The semicolon is also used in computer programming code (e.g. is HTML code for a type of space), but in this guise is rarely seen by the non-programming public.