semicolon

IPA: sɛmikˈoʊɫʌn

Examples of "semicolon" in Sentences

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.