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AnkylosaureLibre6094

Hello I was wondering when I need to use semi-colons in English grammar

thank you

Laurie C

Hi!

It just so happens we have a concept sheet on the semicolon! I suggest you read it. It explains the different uses of colon and semicolon! :D

https://www.alloprof.qc.ca/en/students/vl/english/punctuation-the-colon-the-semicolon-e2540#emicolon-uses

If you have any other question, don't hesitate to ask! We'll be happy to help! :D

Laurie :)

RubisRouge3869

The common way to use a semicolon is to connect two independent clauses, for exemple: “The ice cream truck man drove by my house today. He had big hairy knuckles.”

the two statements are separated by a period. If read aloud, it would go something like this:

“The ice cream truck man drove by my house today. (breathes) he had big hairy knuckles.”

with a semicolon, however, it would sound like this:

“the ice cream truck man drove by my house today; he had big hairy knuckles.”

basically what we did was eliminate the pause between the two statements without using words such as: and, but, nor or yet.

I ain’t a teacher, but hope this helps!