Is anyone here dumb like me and doesn't know when to use a semi-colon?
Is anyone here dumb like me and doesn't know when to use a semi-colon?
no one does, that's what makes it such an interesting object of the artist.
; = 'that is to say'
I am cold in heart and body; lonely in winter.
Is anyone here dumb like me; doesn't know when to use a semi-colon
At the end of the sentence, faggot;
I don't either; OP
>This is what brainlets actually think
t. prescriptive grammar faggot
Never use a semi-colon.
Whenever you could use a dot—yet continue the "topic" in the next sentence; also whenever you're not sure whether you should use colon, or a comma; you could use a dot before the most recent "you", but why would you use dots within a paragraph—absolutely terrible.
I couldn't tell you how to use one but apparently I use them correctly.
Between two sentences (you) want yoked more tightly together. The boy was in a rush; the girl was thinking of that scene in Suddenly Last Summer when etc.
internet made everyone retarded
You use a semicolon between two independent clauses when not using a conjunction. It isn't that hard to learn; you just have to practice.
>That sentence
Just, why?
is this right?
the virgin was dismayed; no one had replied to his bait
After reading this I realized it may imply that I think OP is baiting, just to clarify that's not what I want
Wouldn't a colon be more appropriate there?
No
it seperates two sentences
Not many people do; I love cocks
The semi-colon is used to separate two clauses that could stand on their own but are related and sound better under a single period.
Use it however the fuck you want really. I read once (don't remember where) that you use it to explain the "why" of the statement that came before it. This isn't exactly correct, but I used it that way for a few years.
Best example.
No fucktard. A colon in a sentence should be followed by a list. Or it can be used to add gravity to a single article before a period.
>Or it can be used to add gravity to a single article before a period.
what are you talking about: the.
The only thing I know about the semi-colon is that it offends people I hate to use it incorrectly; not that I know what constitutes a correct and incorrect use; and therefore I use it as often as possible; that is to say, whenever it seems conventionally suitable according to some convention, rather than just whenever it seems actually appropriate; but I'm kind of a douche.
You are just that: a retard.
>tfw nobody admires your glorious syntax
>glorious
Here's your (You).
I don't know; I don't know; I don't know.
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That's really helpful.
You use it when you aren't sure whether or not to use a period or a comma; That is why it has a period and a comma in it.
Semicolons; I like them
Semicolons. I; like them.
>not using a carefully arranged assortment of em-dashes, parentheses, semi-colons and colons to make whole paragraphs without the need for extraneous periods
Come on m8s
I don't think many people do; however, there are exceptions here and there.
Don't need however in that sentence
Them semicolons; I like
>mfw I have used 34 semicolons in the first 25k words of my novel
that's one semicolon every ~700 words which is relatively low
You do know when to use a semicolon, OP; what neither one of us knows is why you bothered to make this thread.
I don't think many people do—however; there are exceptions here and there.
I like em dashes. Those never get used as much since nobody remembers the keyboard shortcut for them.
Like them; I semicolons
nope
nosedived that sentence straight into the ground
Is this real?
I'm stupid; actually quite smart now that I know how to use the semi-colon.
The traditional instruction is that the semi-colon separates two independent clauses. Its function differs from the period only in discourse effect, implying less separation between thoughts (and so possibly a closer causal connection between them, or whatever it might be).
>John was here a few minutes ago; I didn't see him.
>John was here a few minutes ago. I didn't see him.
In both examples, neither clause is subordinated, and each can serve as an independent / matrix sentence standing alone.
This is wrong, since 'however' doesn't constitute a clause. Parentheticals, hedges, qualifiers, etc., are followed by commas.
It still has to be a complete sentence on both sides of the semi-colon. Well, I suppose it doesn't HAVE to, but there's little reason to use a semi-colon if you're just going to break its only purpose. I suppose what the poster meant is that a semi-colon is supposed to combine two sentences that have something in common instead of just breaking them off with a period