English help??

Question

I neeed to review my english. Help?? When go use a ; on a sentence?

Answer 1

A semicolon (  ;  ) is a punctuation mark. The Italian printer Aldus Manutius the Elder established the practice of using the mark to separate words opposed in meaning and to mark off interdependent statements.[1] The earliest general use of the semicolon in English was in 1591. Ben Jonson was the first notable writer from England to use them systematically.There are several cases where semicolons may be used:

   1. Use a semicolon between closely related independent clauses not joined by a coordinating conjunction: "I went to the pool; I was informed that it was closed due to scheduled maintenance."

   2. Use a semicolon between independent clauses linked with a transitional phrase or conjunctive adverb: "I like to eat cows; however, they don't like to be eaten by me."

   3. Use a semicolon between items in a series containing internal punctuation: "There are several Waffle Houses in Atlanta, Georgia; Greenville, South Carolina; Gainesville, Florida; and Mobile, Alabama."

   4. A semicolon can be used to separate independent clauses that are joined by coordinating conjunctions when the clauses have internal commas that might lead to misreading: "After the game, I won a red beanie baby, four edible ingots, and a certificate of excellence; but when the storm came, I lost it all in a torrent of sleet, snow, and profanity."

Semicolons are always followed by a lower case letter, unless that letter begins a proper noun. Semicolons have no spaces before, but one space after when used in a document.

Examples

   1. I am not alone; my wife came back to me.

   2. I traveled to Cambridge, England; Tijuana, Mexico; and Paris, France.

   3. Lisa scored 70 points; Marcia, 60; and Sam, 40.

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