sem|i|co|lon

sem|i|co|lon
sem|i|co|lon «SEHM ee KOH luhn», noun.
a mark of punctuation that shows a separation not so complete as that shown by a period but more so than that shown by a comma. A semicolon is used in ordinary prose, especially: a) between coordinate clauses not connected by a coordinating conjunction and for clarity: »

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops (Henry Brooks Adams).

 b) between sentence elements that are rather long or are subdivided by commas: »

A fundamental, and as many believe, the most essential part of Christianity, is its doctrine of reward and punishment in the world beyond; and a religion which had nothing at all to say about this great enigma we should hardly feel to be a religion at all (G. Lowes Dickinson).


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